S.C. VAUGHAN OIL CO. v. CALDWELL, TROUTT & ALEXANDER

No. 5-95-0336.

702 N.E.2d 602 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 892

234 Ill.Dec. 262

S.C. VAUGHAN OIL COMPANY and Charles A. Vaughan, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CALDWELL, TROUTT, and ALEXANDER, Defendant-Appellant (Paul Caldwell, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

October 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinshaw & Culbertson, Bruce L. Carmen, Michael A. Lawder, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Robert I. Auler, Auler Law Offices, P.C., Urbana, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.


Justice MAAG delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, S.C. Vaughan Oil Company and Charles A. Vaughan, filed a complaint against the defendants, Paul Caldwell and the law firm of Caldwell, Troutt, and Alexander, on August 4, 1986, alleging legal malpractice and conflict of interest. On August 6, 1990, proof that Paul Caldwell had filed a petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the...

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