Tri-G, Inc. v. Burke, Bosselman & Weaver

Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Kilbride and Gar-man concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Justice Freeman concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion, joined by Justices McMorrow and Fitzgerald.

OPINION

Tri-G, Inc. (Tri-G), brought a legal malpractice action in the circuit court of McHenry County against the law firm of Burke, Bosselman & Weaver (Burke) to recover damages it sustained as a result of Burke’s failure to prosecute a complaint Tri-G had previously filed against Elgin Federal Bank (Elgin Federal). Following a trial on the merits, a jury found that Burke had been…