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Appeals panel: Attorney's 'fraud' means business owners can't sue ex-lawyers for malpractice

By David Hutton | Friday, Oct 13, 2017 @ 5:12pm

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.