Legal Opinion
Helen Mihailovich v. Gary Laatsch and Law Office of Pavalon, Gifford, Laatsch & Marino
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 5, 2004No. 01-3885PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
A one-car automobile accident on a curved roadway maintained by Cook County, Illinois (the “County”) caused Helen Mihailovich to suffer a spinal cord injury. Mihailovich filed suit against the County in state court, alleging that it had been negligent in its care and upkeep of the roadway and that the condition of the roadway was a contributing cause of the accident. Attorney Gary Laatsch and the law firm now known as Pavalon, Gifford, Laatsch & Marino (collectively “Laatsch”) filed the suit on Mihailovich’s behalf but withdrew from the case approximately…
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