Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. Pedersen & Houpt
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 23, 1993No. 1-92-3250PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McNULTY
Defendants Pedersen & Houpt, Arthur M. Holtzman and Donald J. Moran appeal from the denial of their summary judgment motion in this legal malpractice suit filed against them by plaintiff Daniel F. McCarthy. The circuit court certified for appeal the issue of “whether the settlement of a lawsuit by a plaintiff, in the undisputed facts and circumstances of this case, precludes a subsequent complaint against his trial counsel for attorney malpractice.”
The relevant facts are as follows. In 1985, defendants filed McCarthy v. PaineWebber, Inc., 85 — C—3328, asserting commercial litigation claims on…
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- Fishman v. BrooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Muhammad v. Strassburger, McKenna, Messer, Shilobod & GutnickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Ziegelheim v. ApolloSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1992
- McLane v. RussellIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
- Espinoza v. ThomasMichigan Court of Appeals · 1991
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- Grayson v. Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & KurianskySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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- Brooks v. BrennanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
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