CAMPANIA MANAGEMENT, INC. v. ROOKS, PITTS & POUST

Nos. 01-1651, 01-1771.

290 F.3d 843 (2002)

CAMPANIA MANAGEMENT COMPANY, Incorporated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROOKS, PITTS & POUST, a law firm, and Frank Rowland, Defendants-Appellees. Rooks, Pitts & Poust, a law firm, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Campania Management Company, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Johnson, Joseph Gentleman, Chicago, IL, plaintiff-appellant, Campania Management Co., Inc.

Donald Hubert, Hubert, Fowler & Quinn, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee, Rooks Pitts & Poust and Frank Rowland.

Donald Hubert (argued), Hubert, Fowler & Quinn, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee, Rooks Pitts & Poust.

Donald L. Johnson, Joseph Gentleman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Campania Management Co., Inc.

Before BAUER, COFFEY and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

A third-party claims administrator, Campania Management Company ("Campania"), hired the law firm of Rooks, Pitts & Poust ("Rooks") to defend Metropolitan Rehabilitation Services, Inc. ("MRSI") in a products liability case filed against MRSI in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill. In spite of the fact that Rooks settled the case, Campania refused to pay Rooks, and this breach of contract suit followed. The

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