Orzel v. Szewczyk

In order to decide this legal malpractice case the jury first had to decide another case. That other case is referred to as a “case within a case.” Plaintiff Krystyna Orzel sued defendants Conrad Szewczyk, James Kash, and Kash & Szewczyk, P.C., alleging legal malpractice in an underlying slip and fall negligence case. The jury found in defendants’ favor.

On appeal, plaintiff contends: (1) she was entitled to a judgment notwithstanding the verdict; (2) she was entitled to a new trial because the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence; (3) the jury was improperly instructed to…