MATTSON v. SCHULTZ

No. 97-3440.

145 F.3d 937 (1998)

Jim MATTSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas O. SCHULTZ, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Sutton (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark D. Nelson (argued), Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, IL, James J. Dries, Nelson, Dries & Zimmerman, Brookfield, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial following a jury verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff sued his former lawyer for malpractice in pursuing the plaintiff's age discrimination complaint. This is a diversity case applying Wisconsin law.

After the plaintiff lost his job in 1989, he retained the defendant to represent him in an age discrimination case against his former employer, Green Bay Broadcasting...

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