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CRIPE v. LEITER

No. 84117.

703 N.E.2d 100 (1998)

184 Ill.2d 185

234 Ill.Dec. 488

Roberta L. CRIPE, Guardian of the Adult and Conservator of the Estate of Roberta A. Schmitz, Appellee, v. Thomas E. LEITER et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L. Kendall, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, for Thomas E. Leiter.

Bradley S. McMillan, Heiple & McMillan, Peoria, Roberta L. Cripe.

Athena T. Taite, Illinois State Bar Ass'n, Springfield, for Illinois State Bar Ass'n.

Peter A. Monahan, Anne M. Oldenburg, Thomas S. Reed, Alholm, Monahan, Keefe & Klauke, Chicago, for Illinois Ass'n of Defense Trial Counsel.

Michael A. Fleming, Cusack, Fleming, Gilfillan & O'Day, Peoria, for Halt, Inc.

Robert E. Senechalle, Jr., Robert E. Senechalle, Jr., Ltd., Forest Park, for Illinois Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Kathleen L. Roach, Sidley and Austin, Chicago, for Chicago Counsel of Lawyers.

Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

The question presented in this appeal is whether a client may state a cause of action against an attorney under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Consumer Fraud Act or Act) (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 1992)) based upon alleged overbilling by the attorney. The plaintiff, Roberta L. Cripe, filed an action in the circuit court of Peoria County against the defendants, Thomas Leiter and...

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