Legal Opinion
Nelson Bros. Professional Real Estate, LLC v. Freeborn & Peters, LLP
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 5, 2014No. 14-2046PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in this diversity suit for legal malpractice are a limited liability company that we’ll call for the sake of brevity Nelson Brothers and the two brothers (Brian and Patrick Nelson) who are the sole members (owners) of the company; we’ll call them the Nelsons. The Freeborn & Peters, is a well-known Chicago law firm which the suit accuses of malpractice consisting of eight breaches of the duty of loyalty that they owed their clients. More than $1:3 million in damages was sought. The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict that after being modified…
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