Simko v. Blake

448 Mich. 648 (1995)

532 N.W.2d 842

SIMKO

v.

BLAKE

Docket No. 97579, (Calendar No. 8).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued October 5, 1994.

Decided May 23, 1995.

E. Robert Blaske and Thomas H. Blaske for the plaintiffs.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Christine D. Oldani, Mary Massaron Ross, and Patrick M. Barrett), for the defendant.

MALLETT, J.

This case presents the question whether an attorney's duty to his client extends beyond what is legally adequate to win a client's case. We hold that attorneys must only act as would an attorney of ordinary learning, judgment, or skill under the same or similar…