Legal Opinion
West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. v. Schumacher
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 2016No. 14-2731PublishedCited by 376 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In 2013, West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. (“West Bend”) brought this legal malpractice action against its former counsel, Paul Schumacher, and his law firm, Roddy, Leahy, Guill & Ziema, Ltd. (“RLGZ”). The gravamen of the complaint is Mr. Schu-macher’s alleged performance in defending a workers’ compensation claim in 2005 and 2006. The district court dismissed the second amended complaint on the defendant’s 12(b)(6) motion and terminated the case. In the district court’s view, the complaint failed to set forth with sufficient specificity a cause of action for legal…
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