Visvardis v. Eric P. Ferleger, P.C.

In July 2002, Spiro Visvardis brought a legal malpractice action against Eric Ferleger, the attorney who represented him in a lawsuit against Spiro’s brother, Nick Visvardis. The trial court dismissed the complaint against Ferleger, under section 2 — 615 of the Code of Civil Procedure (the Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615 (West 2002)), based on the decision of the court that dismissed the underlying action against Nick. We hold that the court should not have considered documents outside of the complaint in ruling on Ferleger’s motion to dismiss under section 2 — 615. Because Spiro has alleged facts…