Morris & Doherty, PC v. Lockwood

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a circuit court opinion and order denying its motion for summary disposition and granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition. We reverse and remand.

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In 1995, defendant accepted a faculty position at a law school. Defendant subsequently notified the State Bar of Michigan to place her bar membership on “inactive” status. Sometime before November 1997, an automobile accident injured a third party. A friend of the third party contacted defendant to inquire about the third party’s legal options. Defendant referred the third party to plaintiff. Thereafter,…