Canady v. Shwartz

Strausbaugh, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a summary judgment rendered by the common pleas court in favor of defendant on plaintiffs complaint for legal malpractice.

Plaintiff, Robert Canady, retained defendant, Myron Shwartz, as counsel subsequent to plaintiff’s indictment by the Franklin County Grand Jury on February 8, 1985 for certain criminal behavior. The matter was tried in November 1985 at which trial defendant was found guilty as charged. Defendant then represented plaintiff upon subsequent appeals. State v. Canady (June 30, 1986), Franklin App. No. 85AP-1078, unreported,…