Bogart v. Gutmann

{¶ 1} The plaintiff-appellant, Robert Bogart, appeals the entry of summary judgment for the defendants-appellees, attorney Michael Gutmann and the law firm McCullough, Felger, Fite & Gutmann Co., L.P.A., on his claim of legal malpractice. We conclude that the malpractice claim is not yet ripe, and alternatively that appellant has failed to create a genuine issue of material fact that the attorney's actions caused him any damages, so we affirm.

I. Facts and Procedural History

{¶ 2} In 2008, Bogart met Bernard Kasten, who was an owner and a board member of Monroeville Industrial Moldings (MIM)…