Espinoza v. Thomas

Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court’s grant of defendants’ motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8), failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The trial court ruled that plaintiff had failed to state a claim of legal malpractice against defendants because plaintiff could not show any damages resulting from defendants’ conduct for which plaintiff had not already been compensated. The trial court reasoned that because plaintiff had accepted a mediation award in the underlying litigation, which was based on claims for the same damages plaintiff…