United States Sixth Circuit

Jury verdict in favor of plaintiff's suit, claiming that defendant gave erroneous advice regarding the tax consequences of an estate plan, is reinstated where the district court erred in granting judgment as a matter of law based upon its incorrect exclusion of detrimental reliance evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/10/2004
• Published 09/10/2004

Judges

• Before: CLAY and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  MATIA, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard E. Shaw (briefed), Jamal J. Hamood (argued and briefed), Hamood & Fergestrom, Troy, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kathleen McGee Lewis (briefed), Ted T. Amsden (argued and briefed), Thomas S. Bishoff (briefed), Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, for Defendant-Appellee.