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· 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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Judges: Cerda

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