Legal Opinion
Brown v. Gitlin
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 22, 1974No. 59255PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dieringer
This is a third-party action for malpractice brought by Ira Gitlin in the Circuit Court of Cook County against his attorney, Michael Freeman, after a sale of closely held securities was voided because of the attorney’s failure to file a report with the Secretary of State.
The issue for review is whether the judgment of the trial court in favor of the third-party defendant was against the manifest weight of the evidence.
In 1965, Ira Gitlin and James Brown organized a corporation, Super Hawk Food Service, Inc., and each held 1000 shares of stock. In August of 1969, Gitlin asked Freeman to…
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