Kreykes Electric, Inc. v. Malk & Harris

Plaintiff, Kreykes Electric, Inc., is an electrical contractor that brought a legal malpractice action against the law firm and individual attorneys it had retained to prosecute a mechanics lien foreclosure. The circuit court of Cook County granted defendants’ motions to dismiss pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 103(b) (134 Ill. 2d R. 103(b)), finding that plaintiff failed to exercise reasonable diligence in obtaining service of process. On plaintiffs motion for reconsideration, the circuit court allowed its prior order to stand and specifically rejected plaintiffs argument that defendants…