Legal Opinion
Rose Cleveland, Individually and in Her Capacity as of the Estate of Robert Cleveland, Esquire, Deceased v. Michael Rotman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 2002No. 01-2488, 01-2958PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Rose Cleveland is executrix of the estate of her late husband, Robert Cleveland, who committed suicide in 1998. Cleveland alleges that events surrounding 15 years of tax collection proceedings caused her husband severe depression and led to his suicide. She filed a four-count suit on the estate’s behalf against the Internal Revenue Service, an IRS officer, and her husband’s tax attorney, Michael Rotman. We address only the claims against Rotman, which are for legal malpractice sounding in contract and tort. Cleveland’s estate appeals from the district court’s…
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