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ORZEL v. SZEWCZYK

No. 1-08-2240.

908 N.E.2d 569 (2009)

Krystyna ORZEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Conrad SZEWCZYK, and James J. Kash, individually and formerly doing business as Kash & Szewczyk, P.C., and Kash & Szewczyk, a partnership or joint venture, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

May 11, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Danielle Lyles and Joseph Michael O'Callaghan, O'Callaghan & Colleagues, P.C., Chicago, for Appellant.

Patricia L. Argentati and Shana A. O'Grady, Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P.C., Wheaton, for Appellees.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

In order to decide this legal malpractice case the jury first had to decide another case. That other case is referred to as a "case within a case." Plaintiff Krystyna Orzel sued defendants Conrad Szewczyk, James Kash, and Kash & Szewczyk, P.C., alleging legal malpractice in an underlying slip and fall negligence case. The jury found in defendants' favor.

On appeal, plaintiff contends: (1) she was entitled...

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