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HERNANDEZ v. PRITIKIN

No. 113054.

981 N.E.2d 981 (2012)

2012 IL 113054

367 Ill. Dec. 253

Jesse E. HERNANDEZ, et al., Appellees, v. Jeffrey PRITIKIN, Special Representative of the Estate of Isadore Bernstein, Deceased, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew R. Henderson , Timothy G. Shelton , Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Donald J. Brown, Jr. , Karen Kies DeGrand , Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC, Chicago, IL, for appellants.

Donald L. Johnson , Julie A. Boynton and Joseph T. Gentleman , Chicago, IL, for appellees.

Elliot R. Schiff , Schiff Gorman LLC, David R. Nordwall , Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

OPINION

Justice KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The overarching issue in this appeal is whether the circuit court of Cook County erred in dismissing plaintiffs' refiled legal malpractice action as barred by res judicata. The appellate court held that it did. 2011 IL App (1st) 102646, 353 Ill.Dec. 696, 956 N.E.2d 558. We allowed defendants...

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