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LEVIN v. SEIGEL AND CAPITEL, LTD.

No. 3-99-0697.

733 N.E.2d 896 (2000)

314 Ill. App.3d 1050

248 Ill.Dec. 221

Samuel LEVIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEIGEL AND CAPITEL, LTD., Defendant-Appellee (Spivey Marine and Harbor Service Company, an Illinois corporation, and Billy J. Spivey, Indiv., Plaintiffs, v. First Midwest Bank/Illinois, N.A., a national banking institution, McKeown, Fitzgerald, Zollner, Buck Hutchinson and Ruttle, a partnership, and David L. Ruttle, Indiv., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

July 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. Haney, Tomczak & Haney, Joliet, for Samuel Levin.

Kenneth M. Lodge, Hopkins & Sutter, Chicago, Douglas Zeich, Joliet, Michael R. Grimm, Sr., Clausen Miller, P.C., Chicago, John G. Foreman, Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh, Joliet, for Seigel & Capitel, Ltd.

Justice HOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in dismissing an associate attorney's complaint against his law firm, seeking contribution and/or indemnification for any sanctions that may be imposed against him, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 137 (155 Ill.2d R. 137) in a pending action. After our careful review, we affirm the trial court's dismissal of the attorney's complaint.

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