Bowman v. Tyack, 08ap-815 (3-24-2009)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Cecil Bowman ("appellant"), appeals from the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, in which that court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Thomas M. Tyack ("appellee"), on appellant's claim for legal malpractice.

{¶ 2} The following facts of record are undisputed. Formerly, appellee represented appellant in post-decree litigation in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations ("domestic relations court"). In the course of that representation, appellant and his ex-wife came to a settlement…