Legal Opinion
House v. Maddox
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 10, 1977No. 61224PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Linn
Defendant, David J. Maddox, seeks reversal of a *3,000 judgment entered against him for legal malpractice in allowing the statute of limitations to run on the tort claim of his client, plaintiff, Elizabeth House. While no brief has been filed by the plaintiff-appellee, this court will consider the case on the merits since the issues and the record are of such a nature that it may be decided without the aid of appellee’s brief. First Capitol Mortgage Corp. v. Talandis Construction Corp. (1976), 63 Ill. 2d 128, 345 N.E.2d 493.
Issues:
The issues presented for review are (1) whether the failure of…
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