Northern Illinois Emergency Physicians v. Landau, Omahana & Kopka, Ltd.

Plaintiff, Northern Illinois Emergency Physicians (NIEP), brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County against the law firms of Landau, Omahana & Kopka, Ltd., and DiMonte, Schostok & Lizak, and two of the firms’ attorneys alleging that the law firms had committed legal malpractice while representing NIEP in connection with a medical malpractice claim. The circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of the law firms and their attorneys and against NIEP on the grounds that NIEP had sustained no damages as a matter of law and therefore could not establish a necessary element for a…