KLUMP v. DUFFUS

No. 94-3756.

71 F.3d 1368 (1995)

Loretta KLUMP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. David DUFFUS, Jr., Law Offices of Dixon, Duffus & Doub, a partnership, and Accident and Injury Referral Service, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied January 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Ripplinger (argued), Ripplinger & Associates, Belleville, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard E. Boyle (argued), Thomas R. Peters, Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, Belleville, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before CUMMINGS, WOOD, Jr., and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied January 12, 1996.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Loretta Klump retained J. David Duffus, Jr., a Greenville, North Carolina lawyer, to represent her in an Illinois lawsuit against the driver of the car that injured her. Mr. Duffus, however, did not file Klump's suit prior to the lapsing of the Illinois Statute of Limitations.1 Klump subsequently sued Duffus, the Law Offices of Dixon...

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