Griffin v. Goldenhersh

In June 1998, plaintiff, Lee O. Griffin, filed suit against defendants, Marvin Goldenhersh (Marvin), Del Goldenhersh, and the professional corporation of Goldenhersh & Goldenhersh, for damages resulting from Marvin’s legal representation of plaintiff in a 1981 criminal matter. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss plaintiffs cause of action as time-barred, which the trial court denied. Defendants brought this interlocutory appeal, in which the trial court certified the following questions (155 Ill. 2d R. 308):

“[(1)] Whether the applicable statute of limitations bars a cause of action for legal…