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LOPEZ v. CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, P.C.

Nos. 1-04-1805, 1-04-3220.

841 N.E.2d 465 (2005)

362 Ill. App.3d 969

299 Ill.Dec. 53

Jose LOPEZ, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth Lopez, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, P.C., Thomas K. Prindable and William King, Defendants-Appellees (Joe Loran and Kinnally, Krentz, Loran, Hodge & Herman, P.C., formerly known as Murphy, Hupp & Kinnally, P.C., Respondents-in-Discovery).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

December 12, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Costello, McMahon & Burke, Ltd., Chicago (James P. Costello and James L. Wideikis, of counsel), for Appellant.

Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago (Joseph R. Marconi, David M. Macksey and Garrett Boehm, Jr., of counsel), for Appellees Clifford Law Offices, P.C. and Thomas K. Prindable.

Konicek & Dillon, P.C., Geneva (Daniel F. Konicek, of counsel), for Appellee William King.

Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a dismissal of a legal malpractice action. After Elizabeth Lopez, the daughter of plaintiff Jose Lopez, drowned in a pool that was allegedly maintained by the Rockford School District, Lopez retained defendant Clifford Law Offices (the Clifford firm) to represent him and Elizabeth's estate in a wrongful death action. Several months later, defendant Thomas K. Prindable, an attorney with the Clifford...

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