Dean v. Tucker

In this legal malpractice action, plaintiff appeals as of right from the circuit court’s orders refusing to find plaintiff’s witness qualified as an expert and holding that the damages resulting from defendants’ failure to respond timely to a mediation evaluation were to be determined by the court, not the jury. We affirm.

The lawsuit underlying the malpractice action arose from injuries sustained by plaintiff after she stepped into an open manhole in the parking lot of a drug store. Defendant Frank Mafrice represented plaintiff in her lawsuit against the property owner. During the course of…