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ADAMS v. SUSSMAN & HERTZBERG, LTD.

No. 1-95-2801.

684 N.E.2d 935 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 30

225 Ill.Dec. 944

John W. ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUSSMAN & HERTZBERG, LTD., an Illinois Corporation; William A. Hertzberg, Ltd., and Illinois Corporation; Harvey Sussman; William Hertzberg and Sandra Hertzberg, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District.

August 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friedman & Holtz, P.C., Chicago (Gregory A. Friedman, Evdoxia Beroukas, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Alholm and Monahan, Chicago (Peter A. Monahan, Linda, J. Hay, Patricia M. Noonan, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee Sandra Hertzberg.

Hinshaw and Culbertson, Chicago (George W. Spellmire, Jr., Stephen R. Swofford, Caroline A. Mondschean, Christine L. Olson, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees Sussman & Hertzberg Ltd., William A. Hertzberg, Ltd., Harvey Sussman and William Hertzberg.

Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff brought this legal malpractice action to recover damages allegedly occasioned by the defendants' negligence in failing to prosecute plaintiff's lawsuit against Hertz corporation and a Hertz employee for intentional infliction of emotional distress, malicious prosecution, and defamation. At trial, the defendants' admitted their breach of duties but contended that...

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