JACKSON JORDAN, INC. v. LEYDIG, VOIT & MAYER

No. 1-89-0840.

199 Ill. App.3d 728 (1990)

557 N.E.2d 525

JACKSON JORDAN, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LEYDIG, VOIT AND MAYER, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed May 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Hannafan & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago (Michael T. Hannafan and James M. Byrnes, of counsel), for appellant.

Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, P.C., of Chicago (James T. Ferrini, Gary Kostow, Douglas J. Palandech, Suanne P. Hirschhaut, and Sonia V. Odarczenko, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue raised in this case is whether a plaintiff, who charges defendant law firm with legal malpractice in having given it an allegedly negligent legal opinion some 15 years before suit was filed, is barred as a matter of law by the statute of limitations from litigating its grievance. Plaintiff appeals from the circuit court's grant of summary judgment for defendant to that effect...

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