Wold Architects and Engineers v. Strat

713 N.W.2d 750 (2006)

474 Mich. 223

WOLD ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Thomas STRAT and Strat and Associates, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Docket No. 126917. Calendar No. 7.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued November 9, 2005.

Decided May 4, 2006.

Butzel Long (by Bruce L. Sendek), Detroit, for the plaintiff.

Thomas M. Keranen & Associates, P.C. (by Frederick F. Butters), Bloomfield Hills, for the defendants.

MARILYN J. KELLY, J.

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