Northern Illinois Emergency Physicians v. Landau, Omahana & Kopka, Ltd.

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• recognizing that damages are speculative only if their existence is uncertain, not if the amount itself is uncertain
• noting that, “[a]t the summary judgment stage, [nonmoving parties] are not required to prove their cases”
• stating, “A mere change in the identity of the judgment creditor, without more, entails no quantifiable damages. It is therefore insufficient to meet the requirement of actual damages necessary to sustain a cause of action for legal malpractice.”
• NIEP not being placed in any worse position, it cannot be said its lawyers’ negligence proximately caused it any injury
• even if an attorney’s negligence is established, no action will lie against the attorney unless the negligence proximately caused damage to the client
• the search for a genuine issue of material fact encompasses a review of the pleadings, depositions, admissions, and any affidavits on file

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).