· 6/26/1996
Krantz v. Chessick
Citations
- 668 N.E.2d 77
- 282 Ill. App. 3d 322
- 217 Ill. Dec. 892
- 1996 Ill. App. LEXIS 490
How courts have described this case
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- finding that a contingent fee agreement was an instrument in writing within the meaning of the interest statute
- finding that a contingent fee agreement was an instrument in writing within the meaning of the interest statute
- an attorney wrongfully retained more money than his clients owed him under the one-third contingency fee agreement
- “An instrument in writing within the meaning of the [Interest Act] is one that sets up a creditor-debtor relationship.”
- an instrument of writing under the statute is one that sets up a creditor-debtor relationship
- “We hold that petitioners are entitled to an equitable award of prejudgment interest”
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