Hanumadass v. Coffield, Ungaretti & Harris

PRESIDING JUSTICE COUSINS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Marella Hanumadass, a physician formerly employed by Cook County Hospital, filed a legal malpractice action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendant, Coffield, Ungaretti & Harris, a law firm employed by the county to defend plaintiff in an action for medical malpractice that was settled without plaintiff’s knowledge. Following trial, a jury returned a verdict in plaintiffs favor as to liability and awarded him $1 in damages. Plaintiff filed a posttrial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, in the…