Hotel Associates, Inc., Appellant v. Rieves, Rubens and Mayton, an Arkansas General Partnership; Michael R. Mayton…

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment enforcing an oral contingency-fee agreement between Hotel and the law firm, holding that the agreement was enforceable under the unusual and undisputed circumstances. It also held that the surviving participants' completion of the litigation with Hotel's consent entitled the firm to the agreed fee and defeated Hotel's unjust-enrichment claim. The court declined to address Hotel's challenge to the statutory basis for prejudgment interest because that argument was not preserved below.