SAMPSON v. MIGLIN

No. 1-94-3348.

664 N.E.2d 281 (1996)

270 Ill. App.3d 270

215 Ill.Dec. 884

Lou May SAMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Lee MIGLIN, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayer, Brown & Platt of Chicago (Michael F. Kerr, James C. Schroeder and Laurie Gallancy), for cross-appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson of Chicago (D. Kendall Griffith, Kevin R. Sido and Adria East Mossing, of counsel), for cross-appellee.


Presiding Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Lee Miglin, appeals from the trial court's judgment holding him liable to plaintiff, Lou May Sampson, for $544,223.50 in damages and $225,249 in costs and attorney fees. We find that the trial court overstated proven damages by $79,399.50 and, therefore, we modify the judgment. We affirm the award of costs and attorney fees.

In 1984 plaintiff bought a lot in Chicago's Gold Coast on which...

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