Legal Opinion
Collins v. Reynard
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 4, 1992No. 70325PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Heiple
This is a case of professional malpractice brought by a client against her lawyer. The gist of the complaint is that the lawyer, in drafting certain sales documents for the client, failed to protect the client’s security interest in the property being sold, thus causing a financial loss to the client.
The complaint against the lawyer, in separate counts, couched its claims in separate theories of both contract and tort. At the trial level, the lawyer defendant moved to dismiss the tort portion of the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. The motion was denied. The lawyer defendant…
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