ELLSWORTH CORP. v. PETE VICARI GENERAL CON.

No. 07-CA-649.

977 So.2d 99 (2008)

ELLSWORTH CORPORATION v. PETE VICARI GENERAL CONTRACTOR, INC., Vicari General Contractor, Inc., Vicari Contractors, INC., P M Contractors, Inc., Vicari Investments, Inc., Vicari Motorsports, Inc., Peter G. Vicari and Barbara T. Vicari.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salvador J. Pusateri, Nadia T. Torregano, Johnson, Johnson, Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellee-2nd Appellant.

William W. Hall, William W. Hall & Associates, Metairie, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellants.

Panel composed of Judges THOMAS F. DALEY, WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, and FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER.


THOMAS F. DALEY, Judge.

Appellant, Pete Vicari General Contractors, Inc., appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, Ellsworth Corporation (Ellsworth), that awarded Ellsworth attorney fees under the theory of quantum meruit. Cross-appellant, Ellsworth, also appeals the judgment. We affirm the judgment awarding attorneys' fees to Ellsworth, but on a different legal basis than found by the trial court.

The attorney fees claim arose out...

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