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· 2/3/2005

Hilary Marek Winniczek and Danuta Winniczek v. Sheldon B. Nagelberg

Citations

  • 394 F.3d 505

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Since liability for breach of contract is, in general, strict liability, the cause, character, and mental element of the breach usually are immaterial.”
  • ‘‘[a] criminal defendant can establish ineffective assistance of counsel, the counterpart to mal- practice’’
  • rule requir- ing convicted plaintiff to prove actual innocence as part of legal malpractice claim does not bar breach of contract action when wrong alleged is overcharging rather than conviction

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Judges: Bauer, Posner, Easterbrook

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