Calhoun v. Rane

James Calhoun (Calhoun), plaintiff, appeals from an order of the trial court dismissing two counts of his three-count amended complaint. The action was filed against his former lawyer, Leon C. Rane (Rane), defendant. The matter still pends in the trial court on one count of Calhoun’s complaint against Rane. Jurisdiction is vested in this court by reason of the finding in the order of dismissal that “there is no just reason to delay enforcement or appeal of the order.” This language made the otherwise nonfinal order appealable. (See 134 Ill. 2d R. 304(a).) The facts are as follows.

Plaintiff’s…