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FRICKA v. BAUER

No. 1-98-3454.

722 N.E.2d 718 (1999)

309 Ill. App.3d 82

242 Ill.Dec. 934

Michael FRICKA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James G. BAUER; Robert W. Hotte; Richard M. Buhrfiend; and Bauer, Hotte and Buhrfiend, PC, an Illinois corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

December 7, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Urban, Burt & Cossidente, Ltd., Oak Forest (Edward J. Burt, of counsel), for Appellant.

Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg, Chicago (Mark S. Bernstein and MaryBeth Wilkinson, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case we must decide when the statute of repose period commences for an attorney's allegedly negligent omissions. We hold that the period of repose begins when the attorney charged with malpractice last performs work for the client. Where the work involves tangible documents, the period begins when the attorney delivers his or her final work product to the client, regardless of the continuing duty to correct...

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