Topps v. Pratt & Callis, P.C.

PRESIDING JUSTICE KNECHT

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Benny E. Topps filed a complaint against defendant Pratt & Callis, P.C., seeking a declaratory judgment regarding the validity of defendant’s action of withholding from a workers’ compensation settlement monies loaned plaintiff for living expenses. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss, finding plaintiff’s complaint insufficient in law to state a cause of action. Plaintiff appeals from this dismissal. We affirm.

The allegations of the complaint suggest after sustaining an injury as a result of employment at…