HORAK v. BIRIS

No. 84-33.

130 Ill. App.3d 140 (1985)

474 N.E.2d 13

HARRY J. HORAK, JR., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEAN BIRIS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed January 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford E. Lund, of Schaffner & Associates, Chartered, of Dundee, for appellant.

Francis A. Spina and Jay H. Tressler, both of McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, of Wheaton, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HOPF delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal we are asked to recognize a cause of action for social worker malpractice under the facts presented in this case. Plaintiff, Harry J. Horak, Jr., filed a six-count amended complaint essentially alleging negligence and malpractice (counts I through IV) and breach of contract (counts V and VI) against defendant Dean Biris, a certified social worker, for defendant's having...

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