Edelman, Combs & Latturner v. Hinshaw & Culbertson

PRESIDING JUSTICE THEIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of the trial court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’, Daniel Edelman, Cathleen Combs, James Latturner, Tara Goodwin and their law firm Edelman, Combs & Latturner (collectively, plaintiffs), complaint. Plaintiffs essentially allege that defendants, lawyers Robert H. Muriel, David M. Schultz, and Peter D. Sullivan, their law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson (Hinshaw), and Hinshaw clients Credit Protection Association, L.P, Etan General, Inc., and its insurer, American International Group, Inc. (collectively, defendants),…