WEST BEND MUT. INS. CO. v. SCHUMACHER

No. 14-2731.

844 F.3d 670 (2016)

WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul W. SCHUMACHER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry E. Johnson , Attorney, Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, Timothy J. Pike , Attorney, A, Libertyville, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Christopher Louis Gallinari , Attorney, Flaherty & Youngerman, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Posner, Ripple, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


In 2013, West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. ("West Bend") brought this legal malpractice action against its former counsel, Paul Schumacher, and his law firm, Roddy, Leahy, Guill & Ziema, Ltd. ("RLGZ"). The gravamen of the complaint is Mr. Schumacher's alleged performance in defending a workers' compensation claim in 2005...

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