DEMARCO v. ECKLUND

No. 2-02-0218.

792 N.E.2d 404 (2003)

341 Ill. App.3d 225

275 Ill.Dec. 173

Anthony DeMARCO and Piera DeMarco, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gary ECKLUND and Schlueter, Ecklund, Olson, Barrett, Mayfield and Davitt, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

June 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Compton, Brittain & Ketcham, P.C., Elgin, for Anthony DeMarco, Piera DeMarco.

Stephen R. Swofford, Thomas J. Boswell, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, for Gary L Ecklund, Schlueter Ecklund Olson Barrett Mayfield & Davitt.


Presiding Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Anthony and Piera DeMarco, brought a legal malpractice action against defendants, attorney Gary Ecklund and his law firm, Schlueter, Ecklund, Olson, Barrett, Mayfield & Davitt, for failing to file a breach of contract lawsuit before it became time barred. In the contract at issue, plaintiffs sold real estate to a buyer, Bruce Swanson, with a provision requiring Swanson to construct a...

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