The Special Referee concluded that plaintiff had discharged Curtis for cause. In rejecting plaintiff's motion to confirm, the IAS court characterized the Curtis firm's conduct as simply "a legitimate effort to secure the payment of a fee for services rendered."
The evidence elicited at the quantum meruit hearing showed that Curtis twice threatened to stop working on the matter while a motion for summary judgment was pending and opposition papers were imminently due...
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