KREYKES ELEC., INC. v. MALK AND HARRIS

No. 1-97-3562.

697 N.E.2d 885 (1998)

297 Ill. App.3d 936

232 Ill.Dec. 143

KREYKES ELECTRIC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MALK AND HARRIS, a Law Partnership, Charles R. Malk and Associates, Ltd., Charles R. Malk, Indiv., Steven M. Harris, Ltd., Steven M. Harris, Indiv., and Steven W. Workman, Indiv., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger J. McFadden, Tyrrel J. Penn, McFadden & Dillon, P.C., Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lawrence M. Karlin, Katz, Randall & Weinberg, Chicago, Richard M. Goldwasser, Law Office of Richard M. Goldwasser, Chicago, for Defendants-Appellees.


Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Kreykes Electric, Inc., is an electrical contractor that brought a legal malpractice action against the law firm and individual attorneys it had retained to prosecute a mechanics lien foreclosure. The circuit court of Cook County granted defendants' motions to dismiss pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 103(b) (134 Ill.2d R. 103(b)), finding that plaintiff failed to exercise reasonable diligence in obtaining...

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