Chow v. O'KEEFE

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order of the circuit court granting summary disposition to defendants pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) on the basis that the period of limitation applicable to his malpractice action against the defendants had expired. We affirm.

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The facts of this case are not in dispute. Defendants, an attorney and his law firm, represented plaintiff in a criminal matter. On June 4, 1990, after conviction,* 1 but before sentencing, plaintiff discharged defendants and obtained new counsel. Plaintiff sought, and was granted, a new trial on the basis of ineffective assistance of…