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The plaintiff, Comprehensive Marketing, Inc. ("plaintiff"), filed a lawsuit against its former attorneys ("defendants") for legal malpractice related to legal advice the defendants provided regarding opt-out...more
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Three brothers—Bruce, Brad, and Brian Brandolino (plaintiffs)—held remainder interests in a piece of real property (Property) which their father sold to a bank in 2005. In 2019, plaintiffs sued the...more
An Illinois appellate court held that the trial court improperly granted summary judgment in defendants' favor based on the six-year statute of repose governing legal malpractice actions and the five-year statute of repose...more
Brief Summary An Illinois appellate court held that the statute of repose barred a plaintiff's legal malpractice claim, and that the plaintiff's claim of fraudulent concealment to toll the statute failed. The court also...more
An Illinois appellate court held that plaintiffs' malpractice action was time-barred because plaintiffs knew, or reasonably should have known, of their wrongfully caused damages more than two years before they filed. The...more
Knutson v. Foster, 25 Cal. App. 5th 1075, 1077 (Aug. 8, 2018) -
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A competitive swimmer was successful in reinstating a jury verdict against her lawyer for fraudulent concealment and intentional breach of...more
Prospect Development, LLC, et al v. Donald Kreger and Schiff Hardin, 2016 IL App (1st) 150433 -
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Plaintiff sued a lawyer and his law firm for alleged legal malpractice arising out of the collapse of a...more
7/6/2016
/ Attorney Malpractice ,
Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Cause of Action Accrual ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Equitable Tolling ,
Fraudulent Concealment ,
Loans ,
Redevelopment ,
Statute of Repose ,
Unclean Hands