Cripe v. Leiter

Docket No. 84117–Agenda 20–May 1998.

ROBERTA L. CRIPE, Guardian of the Adult and Conservator of the Estate of Roberta A. Schmitz, Appellee, v. THOMAS E.

LEITER et al ., Appellants.

Opinion filed October 22, 1998.

The question presented in this appeal is whether a client may state a cause of action against an attorney under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Consumer Fraud Act or Act) (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 1992)) based upon alleged overbilling by the attorney. The plaintiff, Roberta L. Cripe, filed an action in the circuit court of Peoria County against the…