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FRIEDMAN v. DOZORC

Docket No. 31244.

83 Mich. App. 429 (1978)

268 N.W.2d 673

FRIEDMAN v. DOZORC

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schureman, Frakes, Glass & Wulfmeier (by Charles F. Glass and Robert A. Obringer and Nederlander, Dodge & McCauley, P.C., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Lopatin, Miller, Bindes & Freedman, for defendant Dozorc.

Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk & Pedersen (by Charles T. McGorisk and Christine D. Oldani), for defendant Golden.

Before: D.C. RILEY, P.J., and D.F. WALSH and A.C. MILLER, JJ.

A.C. MILLER, J.

This appeal raises the interesting question: Does an attorney owe a duty to persons other than his client?

Physician Friedman brings this suit against attorneys Dozorc and Golden alleging that they breached a duty owed to him in negligently filing and pursuing a medical malpractice suit against him that resulted in a directed verdict of no cause of action at the close of plaintiff's proofs. Codefendants...

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