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Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/11/2004

Cedeno v. Gumbiner

Citations

  • 806 N.E.2d 1188
  • 347 Ill. App. 3d 169
  • 282 Ill. Dec. 600

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • indicating that attorney \defendants cannot be held accountable for the court's acceptance of a legally unsound basis for granting summary judgment against [their client]\
  • indicating that judicial error, not the attorney's malpractice, was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's damages; therefore, summary judgment was appropriate
  • ruling that the legal malpractice defendants, whose alleged negligence precipitated an erroneous trial court ruling, “could not have proximately caused [their client’s] damages since her case remained actionable at the time of their discharge as [her] attorneys”
  • applying Land to hold that trial court’s acceptance of legally unsound basis for granting summary judgment served as an intervening cause absolving former attorneys for negligent handling of client’s case
  • plaintiff alleged that, as a result of defendants’ negligence in serving an inadequate notice of claim on the personal injury defendant, the trial court granted summary judgment against her in her personal injury case
  • plaintiff alleged that, as a result of defendants' negligence in serving an inadequate notice of claim on the personal injury defendant, the trial court granted summary judgment against her in her personal injury case

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Judges: Hartman, Quinn, Theis

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