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BROWN-SEYDEL v. MEHTA

No. 1-95-1125.

666 N.E.2d 800 (1996)

281 Ill. App.3d 365

217 Ill.Dec. 131

Deanna L. BROWN-SEYDEL, Plaintiff, v. Mahendra MEHTA, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant (Michael Havrilesko, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

May 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. O'Malley, Ltd., Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago (George W. Spellmire, Stephen R. Swofford, Christine L. Olson, of counsel), for third-party defendant-appellee.

Justice McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Deanna L. Brown-Seydel, filed a legal malpractice suit against Mahendra Mehta, her former attorney. Mehta subsequently brought a third-party complaint for contribution against Brown-Seydel's current attorney, Michael Havrilesko. The trial court dismissed the third-party action, and Mehta appeals. We reverse and remand.

The relevant facts are as follows. Brown-Seydel retained Mehta to represent...

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