Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Michigan

We are a group of 8 households who signed contingentcy agreements with a local law firm who was to represent us in a sewer back-up suit.I provided all paperwork and information and had an indepth conversation with the lawyer who originally accepted our case. I checked in after six weeks to see how things were progressing. I discovered that our case was handed over to someone else in the firm. I tried many times to make contact with the new attorney. After about a month I received a call back from him. During the rushed conversation, I learned that the lawyer was preparing paperwork against the wrong party. I quickly repeated to him everyhing I told the original lawyer (and what was in the paperwork I sent in with our contingentcy agreements). He said he would correct it and get with us in a week to do depositions. That was nearly a month ago! Not only that but, my understanding is that we had 1 year from the date of the flood to file the siut. That date is now gone and, to the best of my knowledge, no suit has been filed. I have called and left messages for the past two weeks but have not heard a whisper from them. If, in fact, we cannot sue the party any longer, do we have some recourse against the law firm?


Asked on 12/02/12, 2:01 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
William Stern William Stern, P.C.

Since the case is against a governmental entity it can be very tricky. I suggest going with a firm that knows what they are doing in this area. I know that the firm of Macuga, Liddle & Dublin at 313-392-0015 has a lot of experience in this area. If the first firm blew the case, contact me.

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Answered on 12/02/12, 4:39 pm


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