Legal Opinion
Cripe v. Leiter
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 14, 1997No. 3—96—1008, 3—96—1033 consPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breslin
Plaintiff Roberta Cripe, as guardian for Roberta Schmitz, brought this action for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice against defendants Thomas Leiter and his law firm, The Leiter Group. The trial court found that section 2—1115 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2—1115 (West 1994)) did not prohibit Cripe from seeking punitive damages for the common law fraud counts in her complaint, and we granted Gripe’s application for leave to appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill. 2d R. 308) (3—96—1008). During the course of the litigation, Thomas…
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