Brooks v. Brennan

PRESIDING JUSTICE LEWIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Lou Irene Brooks, appeals from the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant, attorney Edward E Brennan, Jr., on counts I, II, and III of plaintiff’s fourth amended complaint alleging legal malpractice against defendant, who had been plaintiff’s attorney in a Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) case. Plaintiff’s fourth amended complaint included a fourth count, but that count was dismissed by the trial court, and plaintiff does not appeal that dismissal. Although the parties frame the issues…