Formento v. Joyce

Plaintiffs, Michael R. Formento and Karin E. Formento, filed suit in the circuit court of Du Page County against defendants, various attorneys and law firms, seeking damages allegedly arising out of defendants’ representation in an underlying class action suit. Following the trial court’s granting of summary judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiffs moved for reconsideration and to amend their complaint. The trial court denied plaintiffs’ motions, and this appeal followed.

The issue raised in this appeal is whether the trial court correctly ruled, as a matter of law, that defendants owed no…