Jackson Jordan, Inc. v. Leydig, Voit & Mayer

The issue raised in this case is whether a plaintiff, who charges defendant law firm with legal malpractice in having given it an allegedly negligent legal opinion some 15 years before suit was filed, is barred as a matter of law by the statute of limitations from litigating its grievance. Plaintiff appeals from the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant to that effect.

Plaintiff, Jackson Jordan, Inc. (Jackson), an Illinois corporation located in Schaumburg, owns a manufacturing plant in Michigan, which produces and sells heavy duty railroad equipment, including a truss-tie…