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PANTELY v. GARRIS, GARRIS & GARRIS, PC

Docket No. 100477.

180 Mich. App. 768 (1989)

447 N.W.2d 864

PANTELY v. GARRIS, GARRIS & GARRIS, PC

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blaske & Blaske (by E. Robert Blaske), for plaintiff.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Patrick M. Barrett and Christine D. Oldani), for defendants Garris.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone (by Edmond F. Devine), for defendant Salisbury.

Before: McDONALD, P.J., and WAHLS and R.L. TAHVONEN, JJ.

R.L. TAHVONEN, J.

Can a client who perjures herself recover damages caused by the failed deceit from the lawyer who counselled the lie? No, said the trial court. We agree and affirm.

Eugenia Pantely and Thomas Stamadianos were granted a consent default judgment of divorce by the Livingston Circuit Court in 1981. Ms. Pantely alleged in her divorce complaint and testified in court that she had lived in Livingston County for at least ten days before filing her...

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