Legal Opinion
Loretta Klump v. J. David Duffus, Jr., Law Offices of Dixon, Duffus & Doub, a Partnership, and Accident and Injury Referral Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 12, 1996No. 94-3756PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Loretta Klump retained J. David Duffus, Jr., a Greenville, North Carolina lawyer, to represent her in an Illinois lawsuit against the driver of the car that injured her. Mr. Duffus, however, did not file Klump’s suit prior to the lapsing of the Illinois Statute of Limitations. 1 Klump subsequently sued Duf-fus, the Law Offices of Dixon, Duffus & Doub, and the Accident and Injury Referral Service 2 for legal malpractice. The jury awarded Klump $474,000: the amount it determined that she would have been awarded if Duffus had filed her claim against the driver in a timely…
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