The ward was 35 years old and suffered severe brain injuries in an automobile accident. At the time of the accident, the ward was sharing a home with her *** partner. They had exchanged rings, named each other as insurance beneficiaries, and had been...

Appellant was the executor for the estate of the beneficiaries' mother. The beneficiaries were appellant's mother-in-law, her sister (Louise) and a trust for a sister (Beatrice), with the remainder to Beatrice's children. Appellant sold the...

Appellant former client sued appellee law firm for malpractice. The patentee was awarded compensatory and punitive damages. The firm handled the client's appeal. The circuit court reversed and remanded the matter for recalculation of damages. On remand...

Appellants' complaint alleged a failure to conduct adequate discovery. Appellants had terminated appellees' representation in the medical malpractice action after allegedly compromising their causes of action, which required settlement. Appellants...

Plaintiffs, clients, sold real estate to a fraudulent purchaser who defaulted. Defendants, attorneys, brought a legal malpractice suit on plaintiffs' behalf against the attorneys in that deal, but declined to bring suit against the real estate brokers...

Appellant clients brought a legal malpractice action against appellees, attorney and law firm. The clients contended that the court should adopt the continuous representation rule in relation to the statute of limitations. Under such a rule, the statute...

The administrator's brother died as the result of being struck by a street car of a railway company's predecessors' railroad cars. The complaint alleged that the attorney was grossly negligent in the conduct of the case, with the result that...

Appellant beneficiary filed a malpractice action against appellee attorneys based upon the attorneys admitted negligence in drafting a will, which resulted in the beneficiary being denied the extent of the estate that the testatrix intended that he take...

e beneficiary alleged that the lawyer's malpractice resulted in his father's will being invalidated by a Florida trial court. The beneficiary did not file his claim until after the Florida appeals court affirmed the invalidation. That was well...

The clients retained the law firm in February 1964 to prosecute claims against the United States for damages to them and their property caused by military flights over their chicken farm and residence. Later, the clients filed suit against the law firm...