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Recent News About Spellmire Law Firm
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Nov. 8: Circuit Court of Cook County docket for "contract" cases
The following cases categorized as "contract" cases were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on Nov. 8. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact: -
Circuit Court of Cook County: Actions Taken on Nov. 8
The Circuit Court of Cook County reported the following activity on Nov. 8 in the suits below: -
Court activity on Nov. 8: Spellmire Law Firm vs White Kevin Edward
The Circuit Court of Cook County reported the following activity in the suit brought by Spellmire Law Firm against White Kevin Edward on Nov. 8: 'Contract Complaint Filed'. -
Appeals court: Chicago lawyer did not botch dram shop lawsuit vs Live Nation over girl's post-concert crash death
A state appeals court has refused to reinstate a malpractice lawsuit against a Chicago lawyer, who was alleged to have mismanaged a lawsuit brought by the parents of a woman killed in a drunk driving crash after leaving a concert in Tinley Park, ruling the case was weak rather than botched. -
Appeals panel decides Chicago surgical center wanted malpractice trial, can't sue insurer for $1.3M
A Chicago federal appeals court says a Chicago surgical center is just as responsible as its insurer for the decision to take a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settle, meaning it can't now sue the insurer over the decision, which cost the surgical center $1.3 million. -
Construction Systems strikes out on malpractice claim vs Thompson Coburn over $1.3M condo project lien
A state appeals panel has determined a Cook County judge was right to end a legal malpractice claim in which a construction company said its lawyers caused them to lose $1 million by not perfecting their lien on a Chicago condominium development. -
Client files legal malpractice against Spellmire Law Firm over handling of case
A client alleges a Cook County law firm failed to file an arbitration case on her behalf. -
Estate administrator alleges Law Offices of Keil Larson failed to protect man's estate
An independent administrator blames an attorney licensed to practice law in Cook County for the alleged loss of millions in real estate and other assets from an estate. -
Appeals panel: Attorney's 'fraud' means business owners can't sue ex-lawyers for malpractice
For a second time, the Illinois First District Appellate Court has heard an appeal in an ongoing legal malpractice lawsuit. And this time, justices agreed the plaintiffs' lawyer's alleged mishandling of the case should cost them the chance to proceed against the lawyers they blamed for costing them the chance to sue their ex-lawyers for allegedly exposing them to penalties under state regulatory actions. -
Parents of girl who died in drunken crash after Tinley concert sue lawyer, say he cost bigger settlement
The parents of a young Alsip woman who died when the vehicle in which she was riding, driven by an intoxicated acquaintance, crashed after leaving a concert in Tinley Park in 2011, have filed suit against the lawyers they had hired to represent them, saying their attorneys mishandled their lawsuit against concert production company Live Nation, leaving them to settle for just $10,000. -
Chicago surgery center OK'd to sue malpractice insurer for refusing settlement, costing $4 million
The 900 North Michigan Surgical Center can proceed in its bad faith lawsuit against its malpractice insurers, after a Chicago federal judge said there was sufficient evidence to believe the medical practice has a legal leg to stand on in contending its insurers needlessly cost the practice $4 million by deciding to take a malpractice case to trial and refuse a “sympathetic” plaintiff’s offer to settle the matter for $1 million. -
Appeals court upholds dismissal of asbestos-related legal malpractice lawsuit
A state appeals panel kept the door shut on a legal malpractice action brought against the firm of Cascino Vaughan by a family whose legal action over asbestos exposure was tossed, saying a circuit court was correct in finding that, no matter how plaintiffs juggled the calendar, they still brought their lawsuit too late. .