WATTS v. POLACZYK

Docket No. 212953.

619 N.W.2d 714 (2000)

242 Mich. App. 600

Tommy WATTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chris B. POLACZYK, Miles J. Hammond, Jr., and Hemming, Polaczyk & Cronin, P.C., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 22, 2000, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication December 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sachs, Waldman, O'Hare, Helveston, Bogas & McIntosh, P.C. (by Gregory M. Janks and Elizabeth A. Cabot), Detroit, for the plaintiff.

Lipson, Neilson, Jacobs & Cole, P.C. (by Phillip E. Seltzer and C. Thomas Ludden), Troy, for the defendants.

Before O'CONNELL, P.J., and MICHAEL J. KELLY and WHITBECK, JJ.


MICHAEL J. KELLY, J.

Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition in this legal malpractice action. We affirm.

On September 9, 1993, plaintiff lost his left leg as a result of a work-related accident. Four days later, while in the hospital recovering, defendants presented him with a four-page, single-spaced contingent fee compensation agreement for representation in pursuing any claims arising out...

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