Garretson v. Harold I. Miller, PLC

Garretson (plaintiff) was injured by an undersized electrical switch installed by contractors hired to build her employer's dental office; she hired attorney Miller (defendant) to represent her, but he pursued only a workers' compensation claim and never sued the building's owner, builder, or electrician before the statute of limitations ran on those claims. Garretson sued Miller for legal malpractice and won a jury verdict, but introduced no evidence at trial about the finances of the potential defendants she never got to sue; the trial court granted Miller's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and Garretson appealed.