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CORCORAN v. N.E. ILL. REG. COMMUTER R.R. CORP.

No. 1-02-1516.

803 N.E.2d 87 (2003)

345 Ill. App.3d 449

280 Ill.Dec. 857

Mary CORCORAN, Special Administrator of the Estate of Michael Corcoran, Deceased, Plaintiff/Respondent-Appellant, v. NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL COMMUTER RAILROAD CORPRATION, Individually and d/b/a Metra, a corporation, and Union Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation, Defendants (Joseph Dowd, Petitioner-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher T. Hurley & Associates, Chicago (Christopher T. Hurley and Mark R. McKenna, of counsel), for Appellant.

Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago, for Appellee.

Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

After her husband died in a train accident, Mary Corcoran received a settlement offer from the railroads involved in the accident. She talked to Joseph Dowd, a lawyer, who referred her to Corboy & Demetrio (C & D). She signed a contingent fee contract with C & D. The contract included a referral fee for Dowd. C & D eventually advised Mary to accept the offer

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