Turko v. Ashkenazi
Respondent Allen Ashkenazi (Ashkenazi) retained Krakow & Kaplan, LLP, predecessor-in-interest to appellant Rottman-Kaplan P.C. (collectively, Rottman-Kaplan), to represent him in a wrongful termination case. The case went to trial and resulted in a substantial verdict for Ashkenazi. After trial, Ashkenazi disputed the fees and costs to which Rottman-Kaplan was entitled, and also contested the fees claimed by some experts and litigation support personnel retained by Rottman-Kaplan, including appellant Christopher Turko (Turko). Ultimately, Rottman-Kaplan paid Turkos fees in exchange for an assignment of his claim against Ashkenazi. At the conclusion of a one-day bench trial, the trial court found, among other things, that Ashkenazi was not obligated to pay Turkos fees because the parties had never agreed that he would do so. Substantial evidence supports this conclusion, and we thus affirm.
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