Bowden v. Gannaway

In this attorney-malpractice claim, plaintiffs appeal as of right an order of the trial court granting defendants’ motion for summary disposition. The court found as a matter of law that defendants’ alleged professional negligence was not a proximate cause of plaintiffs’ alleged injuries. We affirm.

Plaintiff Janell Bowden worked for the state of Michigan from 1980 until 2007. For most of that time she worked in the motor pool, cleaning and preparing vehicles for use by state employees. She began to have problems with her upper torso in the 1990s, especially her right shoulder, arm, and hand,…