FEE DISPUTE
Representative Cases
- Owner of a restaurant refused to pay the full amount of his workers’ compensation premium stating that most of the employees worked in the ice cream parlor section of the business but had been misclassified by the insurance carrier as working in kitchen resulting in a higher balance due.
- An expert witness sued the law firm that hired him for failure to pay. The law firm filed a cross-claim stating that the expert did not provide the services contracted for resulting in issue with the underlying litigation.
- Plaintiff claimed that shipping company detained containers in violation of Uniform Interchange and Facilities Agreement to which both parties were signatories.