TIG INS. v. GIFFIN WINNING COHEN & BODEWES

No. 05-2203, 05-2447.

444 F.3d 587 (2006)

TIG INSURANCE COMPANY, individually and as subrogee of Illinois State University, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GIFFIN WINNING COHEN & BODEWES, P.C., an Illinois professional corporation, and Carol Hansen Posegate, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel I. Schlessinger, Hugh S. Balsam (argued), Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert Marc Chemers, David S. Osborne (argued), Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MANION, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

TIG Insurance Company appeals the dismissal of its malpractice case against the Giffin Winning law firm1 and one of its attorneys, Carol Hansen Posegate.

To explain the malpractice claim we must reach back to the underlying lawsuit, in which Giffin Winning, at least for a time, represented Illinois State University (ISU) in a class-action, gender-discrimination lawsuit brought by several female professors...

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