Environmental Network Corp. v. Miller

{¶ 1} We are asked to determine the quantum of evidence that a plaintiff must produce in order to establish causation in a legal-malpractice case in which the sole theory advanced is that the plaintiff would have received a better outcome if the underlying case had been tried to its conclusion rather than settled.

{¶ 2} We hold that when a plaintiff premises a legal-malpractice claim on the theory that he would have received a better outcome if his attorney had tried the underlying matter to conclusion rather than settled it, the plaintiff must establish that he would have prevailed in the…