Torres v. Fiol

How courts have described this case

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• allowing the plaintiffs to pursue a negligence claim for the defendant’s alleged unauthorized practice of law
• “The *** language of the statute plainly evidences a legislative intent not to circumscribe other theories of recovery against a nonattorney who is retained to perform legal duties and who then mishandles the matter”
• allowing claim for the unauthorized and negligent practice of law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).