Whalen v. Shear

At issue on this appeal is the validity and the amount of a discharged attorney’s lien for fees. In the circuit court of Will County, the lien was upheld and for the amount of $29,277.68. This appeal followed.

On the evening of June 23, 1986, the plaintiff, Hal Whalen, was injured when he was struck by a motor vehicle driven by the defendant, Charles R. Shear, and then hospitalized with serious injuries. After this initial one-sentence statement of facts, the record on appeal sets forth two very different versions of events. According to the plaintiff, Whalen, when he left the hospital in…