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September 9, 2014

Joint enterprise theory of liability not viable where each attorney does not have an equal right to control the client’s legal representation and joint responsibility for decision-making

Originally printed in Michigan Defense Quarterly, July 2014 edition. Souden v Attorney Defendant, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued April 17, 2014 (Docket No. 314143) The Facts: Plaintiff sued to divorce his wife in Berrien County. Plaintiff retained the attorney defendant and, against the attorney defendant’s advice, plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his…

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