Biberstine v. Woodworth

This case involves a claim of attorney malpractice. The circuit court granted accelerated judgment, GCR 1963, 116.1(5), after it found that the applicable statute of limitations had run. Plaintiff appeals, we reverse.

*707Plaintiff retained defendant to file a personal bankruptcy in 1970. The original petition was filed in the bankruptcy court on March 17, 1971, and amended on April 19, 1971. Neither petition scheduled a debt owed by plaintiff to the Michigan Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund. Plaintiff attempted several times to have defendant schedule this debt, including filing a request for…