WATKINS v. OFFICE OF STATE APPELLATE DEF.

Nos. 1-11-1756, 1-11-2104.

976 N.E.2d 387 (2012)

364 Ill. Dec. 109

Jaqueline WATKINS, as Personal Representative of Edward A. Watkins, Sr., deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OFFICE OF the STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER, Defendant-Appellee. Alice Washington and Nathaniel Washington, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Office of the Appellate Defender, and Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew T. Layman and John Thomas Moran, Jr. , Moran Law Group, Chicago, for appellants.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, Chicago ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Paul Racette , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellee.


OPINION

Justice McBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.1

¶ 1 Nature of the Case

¶ 2 Plaintiffs Edward Watkins and Alice and Nathaniel Washington appeal from orders from the circuit court of Cook County dismissing with prejudice their complaints against defendant, the Office of the Appellate Defender, and Alice and Nathaniel Washington's complaint...

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