Sericola v. Johnson

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Frank Sericola, appeals from the judgment of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, granting summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Robert L. Johnson, on Sericola's claims arising from alleged legal malpractice. The issues to be determined by this court are whether summary judgment is proper in a legal malpractice case when the damages that occurred were a result of actions taken by the plaintiff rather than the attorney, and whether the trial court abuses its discretion in denying a motion to reconsider the denial of the plaintiff's request for…