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WINSKUNAS v. BIRNBAUM

No. 93-2641.

23 F.3d 1264 (1994)

Phillip F. WINSKUNAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James G. BIRNBAUM and Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Wherry, Perry H. Friesler (argued), Davis & Kuelthau, Milwaukee, WI, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ward I. Richter, Stephen Ehlke (argued), Bell, Metzner, Gierhart & Moore, Madison, WI, for James G. Birnbaum, Wisconsin Lawyers Mut. Ins. Co.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, ROVNER, Circuit Judge, and GILBERT, District Judge.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff in a diversity suit for legal malpractice appeals from the dismissal of his suit on the defendants' motion for summary judgment. The essential facts, construed as favorably to the plaintiff as the record permits, are as follows. In 1982 the executive board of a hospital recommended that Dr. Winskunas's surgical privileges be revoked. He requested review by the hospital's peer review committee and retained lawyer Birnbaum to represent...

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