SMILEY v. MANCHESTER INS. & INDEM. CO.

No. 76-62.

49 Ill. App.3d 675 (1977)

364 N.E.2d 683

ROY J. SMILEY et al., Plaintiffs, v. MANCHESTER INSURANCE & INDEMNITY COMPANY OF ST. LOUIS, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. — (WILLIAM D. KNIGHT, JR., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed June 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barrick, Jackson, Switzer & Long, of Rockford, for appellant.

Robert K. Skolrood, Robert A. Frederickson, and John B. Roseberg, all of Reno, Zahm, Folgate, Skolrood, Lindberg & Powell, of Rockford, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE GUILD delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a third party action against William D. Knight, Jr., an attorney, by the Manchester Insurance & Indemnity Company of St. Louis (hereinafter referred to as Manchester) for malpractice.1 In its third-party complaint Manchester alleged that Knight negligently handled the defense of a personal injury suit and a wrongful death suit...

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