Preferred Personnel Services, Inc. v. Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle, LLC

This matter is before us on interlocutory appeal pursuant to the provisions of Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill. 2d R. 308) to consider three questions certified by the trial court. Plaintiff, Preferred Personnel Services, Inc. (Preferred), brought the instant action against Arthur J. Gallagher and Company (the Company) for failure to obtain workers’ compensation insurance, and against Meltzer, Purtill and Stelle, LLC, and Thomas Palmer (malpractice defendants) for failure to timely commence proceedings on behalf of Preferred against Gallagher. Gallagher filed a motion to dismiss asserting…