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STATE BAR ASS'N MUT. v. FRANK M. GREENFIELD

Docket No. 1-11-0337.

980 N.E.2d 1120 (2012)

2012 IL App (1st) 110337

366 Ill. Dec. 761

ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FRANK M. GREENFIELD AND ASSOCIATES, P.C., an Illinois Professional Corporation, Frank M. Greenfield, Orrin Adler, Barbara Adler, Michael Hanna, and Faye R. Adler Grafton, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

November 9, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Marc Chemers , Richard M. Burgland , and Scott L. Howie , all of Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtrd, of Chicago, for appellant.

Michael W. Rathsack , of Chicago, for appellees.

OPINION

Justice R. GORDON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 This appeal is essentially a case of first impression and concerns whether an admission of error in a legal malpractice claim by a policyholder without his insurance company's approval gave the company the right to deny coverage and not defend the attorney and his law firm. Attorney Frank M. Greenfield admitted to making a mistake in drafting a client's will that affected...

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