Varner v. Eves

In this breach of contract and professional negligence action, plaintiff appeals from summary judgment in favor of defendant — an attorney who represented plaintiff in an earlier medical malpractice action against a physician. Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment, because the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff, created genuine issues of material fact that defendant breached an oral promise to file a complaint against the physician by a specific date and that defendant negligently represented plaintiff. We affirm with respect to…