Legal Opinion
Walter P. Maksym, Jr. v. Dolores Loesch
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 10, 1991No. 90-2607PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit for breach of a contract between a lawyer and his client. Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, and Illinois law governs the substantive issues. The district judge granted summary judgment for the lawyer, awarding him $83,000 in damages (we round off all dollar figures to the nearest $1,000). The client’s appeal raises some surprisingly fundamental issues concerning contracts for retaining lawyers.
Fred Loesch, a well-to-do businessman, died in 1978, survived by Dolores Loesch, who was his second wife and is the defendant and appellant…
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