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JOHNSON v. HALLORAN

No. 1-98-2365.

728 N.E.2d 490 (2000)

312 Ill. App.3d 695

245 Ill.Dec. 408

Richard R. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Michael J. HALLORAN; Moses Collins; Shelton O. Green; Rita A. Fry, Individually and as Public Defender of Cook County; and Cook County, Illinois, a Unit of Local Government, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wolter, Beeman, Lynch & McIntyre, Bruce A. Beeman, Springfield, for Appellants.

State's Attorney of Cook County, Patricia Shymanski, Richard A. Stevens and Peter Zaper, Chicago, for Appellees.

Justice HALL delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is a legal malpractice action filed by plaintiff, Richard R. Johnson, against several Cook County public defenders and the County of Cook. Defendants sought dismissal of this action based on the one-year statute of limitations under the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Tort Immunity Act) (745 ILCS 10/8-101 (West 1996)). The circuit court denied this motion on August 1, 1997...

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