MENDELSOHN v. CNA INSURANCE CO.

No. 82-669.

115 Ill. App.3d 964 (1983)

451 N.E.2d 919

RALPH J. MENDELSOHN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CNA INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed June 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Groshong & Moorman, of East Alton, for appellant.

Wagner, Bertrand, Bauman & Schmieder, of Belleville (Bernard H. Bertrand, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue raised on appeal calls for a determination of whether an attorney's conduct of a lawsuit pro se amounts to the practice of law for purposes of an insurer's liability under a policy issued for protection against the attorney's "professional, office premises and personal injury liability."

The plaintiff, Ralph J. Mendelsohn, brought an action for declaratory judgment...

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