BESCO v. HENSLEE, MONEK & HENSLEE

No. 4-97-0950.

701 N.E.2d 1126 (1998)

297 Ill. App.3d 778

233 Ill.Dec. 852

Tommie G. BESCO and Debra Lynn Besco, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HENSLEE, MONEK & HENSLEE, The Estate of Francis Monek, Frank Van Bree, and William E. Davis, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Davidson (argued), Bernard & Davidson, Granite City, for Tommie G. Besco.

David R. Sinn, Karen L. Kendall (argued), Lisa A. LaConte, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, for Henslee, Monek & Henslee.

David L. Cunningham, Franklin S. Wallace, Winstein, Kavensky & Wallace, Rock Island, for William E. Davis.


Presiding Justice HOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs brought suit against their former attorneys for legal malpractice in the handling of plaintiffs' underlying personal injury case. As a sanction for violating a discovery order, the trial court barred plaintiffs from naming any opinion witnesses. Thereafter, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the attorneys finding that plaintiffs could not prevail on their claim, as a matter of...

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