Clark v. Maddux

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, a medical doctor, sued defendant, a lawyer, to recover a fee for review of medical information in connection with a medical malpractice case. The defendant appeals from the judgment of $4,350 and costs entered for the plaintiff, contending that he acted for a disclosed principal, his client, therefore was not personally liable.

Motions for summary judgment on the pleadings and depositions were denied. At trial plaintiff testified that he had a discussion with Shelley Gardner, who identified herself as an attorney…