Meehan v. Smith

Citations

• 192 N.E.3d 1214
• 2022 Ohio 2359

Syllabus

Legal malpractice express attorney-client relationship implied attorney-client relationship beneficiary of trust/will trustee of trust corporate officer summary judgment. The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of attorneys. The attorneys did not represent appellant, either expressly or impliedly. The attorneys did not represent appellant individually or in any of her roles as a beneficiary of the subject trusts and will, as a trustee of the trusts, or as a corporate officer. Thus, no attorney-client relationship was formed between appellant and appellees and the trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of the appellees on appellant's legal malpractice action.