MAGALLANES v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE CO.

No. 07-3028.

535 F.3d 582 (2008)

Lydia G. MAGALLANES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, which is a wholly owned Subsidiary of AT & T Teleholdings, Inc., which is a wholly owned Subsidiary of AT & T, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene K. Hollander (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kendra M. Allaband (argued), Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This is the second time we have encountered this case on the same set of facts albeit in two separate records, leading us to a feeling, in the words of Yogi Berra, of "déjà vu all over again."

Lydia Magallanes has for several years attempted to bring her case to trial. She was thwarted once by her first attorney, who settled her case without her authority. We reversed the district court judge's dismissal of the action and sent...

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