Legal Opinion

Fitch v. McDermott, Will and Emery, LLP

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 28, 2010No. 2-09-0029PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bowman

Plaintiffs, Thomas Fitch, Virginia West, Heather Haibt, and Thomas Michael Fitch, as beneficiaries of the Victoria R. Fitch Trust dated February 3, 1987, as amended and restated October 13, 2004, appeal the dismissal of several of their claims against defendants, McDermott, Will & Emery, LLFJ Dietrich & Dietrich, LLC, Joseph Dietrich, John Dietrich, and Harris Bank, N.A., for the alleged mishandling of the estate plan of Victoria R. Fitch. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The following general facts are derived from the various pleadings. On May 19, 2005, Victoria died, and her will was admitted to…

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