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CONTINENTAL CAS. v. HOFFMAN AND ASSOCIATES

Nos. 1-10-0957, 1-10-1080.

955 N.E.2d 151 (2011)

352 Ill. Dec. 975

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HOWARD HOFFMAN AND ASSOCIATES; Howard Hoffman; Gerald H. Cohen; and Estate of Thomas Goldston, Darlene Waters, Administrator, Defendants-Appellants (Estate of Phillip Ewing, Sr., Thomas Leinenweber, Public Administrator; Estate of Fannie McAllister, Vera Posey, Executor; Estate of Butler Tolbert, Ira Tolbert, Administrator; Estate of Harold Pruitt, Lamon Prymil, Administrator; Estate of James Richardson, Ruthie Birt, Executor; Estate of Robie Butcher, Gary T. Butcher, Administrator; Estate of Curtis Hagler, George B. Randolph, Executor; Estate of Oscar Oboza, Sr., Oscar Oboza, Administrator; Estate of Frances Johnson, Renae Murphy, Executor; Estate of Benjamin Rogers, Julia L. Smith, Administrator, and Brittany Chaney, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cantwell & Cantwell, Chicago ( Peter A. Cantwell , Paul Hammond , of counsel), for Estate of Thomas Goldston.

Collins Bargione & Vukovich, of Chicago ( George B. Collins and Benjamin C. Butler , of counsel), for appellant Howard Hoffman & Associates.

Troutman Sanders LLP, of Chicago ( Christopher H. White , of counsel), and Wiley Rein LLP, of Washington D.C. ( Richard A. Simpson and Gary P. Seligman , of counsel), for Continental Casualty Co.

OPINION

¶ Justice ROCHFORD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendants-appellants, Howard Hoffman & Associates, a law firm, Howard Hoffman and Gerald H. Cohen, lawyers (collectively, the Hoffman defendants), and the estate of Thomas Goldston, Darlene Waters, administrator (Goldston Estate), have appealed from an order entering summary judgment in favor of the Hoffman defendants' legal professional liability insurer, plaintiff...

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