KLEPNER v. DORFMAN


256 A.D.2d 163 (1998)

681 N.Y.S.2d 532

LAWRENCE M. KLEPNER, Appellant, v. BERTRAND DORFMAN et al., Respondents. (And a Third-Party Action.) LAWRENCE M. KLEPNER, Appellant, v. WERTHEIM & CO. et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided December 17, 1998.


It is undisputed that plaintiff, an attorney, was employed as general counsel and assistant to the president of the now defunct Codata Corporation from December 23, 1976 until March 21, 1980, at a starting annual salary of $30,000. In 1981, he commenced an action for breach of contract against Codata and its president, seeking to recover his unpaid salary as well as reasonable attorneys' fees pursuant to Labor Law § 198 (1-a), and obtained a judgment against Codata in...

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