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

No. 70410.

633 N.E.2d 627 (1994)

158 Ill.2d 240

198 Ill.Dec. 786

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Hannafan, Michael B. Dedio and William E. Blais, Michael T. Hannafan & Associates, Paul P. Biebel, Jr., and Thomas A. Reynolds, Jr., Winston & Strawn, Chicago, for appellant.

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

Barry A. Miller, Malcolm C. Rich and Elizabeth M. Streit, Chicago, for amicus curiae Chicago Council of Lawyers.


Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Jackson Jordan, Inc., brought the present action in the circuit court of Cook County against its former attorneys, the law firm of Leydig, Voit & Mayer. The plaintiff sought to recover damages for legal malpractice allegedly committed by the defendant in the course of advising the plaintiff on a matter of patent law. The circuit court granted the defendant...

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