Friedland v. Djukic

Frank D. Celebrezze Jr., Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant, Ivan Djukic, appeals from a judgment in favor of appellee, his former attorney, Dale R. Friedland, in the amount of $7,600 in attorney fees incurred in a personal-injury action. Djukic asserts that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on his fraud and malpractice claims, in excluding his expert witnesses from trial, in directing a verdict in Friedland’s favor for alleged lost punitive damages in the underlying tort suit and for fraud, and in allowing Friedland to sue for a contingency fee based solely on an oral contract. After a…