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EVANS & LUPTAK, PLC v. LIZZA

Docket No. 223927.

650 N.W.2d 364 (2002)

251 Mich. App. 187

EVANS & LUPTAK, PLC, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. John B. LIZZA and Dennis A. Dettmer, jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 3, 2002, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication August 23, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn, LLP (by Peter M. Alter and John S. Kane), Detroit and Allan Falk, P.C. (by Allan Falk), Okemos, for the plaintiff.

Marc M. Susselman, Detroit, for the defendants.

Before: COOPER, P.J., and RICHARD ALLEN GRIFFIN and SAAD, JJ.

RICHARD ALLEN GRIFFIN, J.

This case involves an attorney conflict of interest. Plaintiff requests this Court to enforce an unethical referral fee contract.1 Like the circuit court, we refuse to do so and, accordingly, affirm the summary disposition granted in favor of defendants. We hold that the alleged contract is unethical because it violates the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct (MPRC...

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