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This is a legal malpractice case brought by Plaintiffs against their attorneys individually and their law firm. Plaintiffs’ suit for malpractice claimed that Defendants were negligent in the trial of their case; and, as a result of their negligence… Read More

BACKGROUND In 2011, Plaintiff, Chicago Title Land Trust Company, as trustee to a land trust, executed a mortgage in favor of Defendant Sara Watkin. She was trustee of a revocable trust. The mortgage served as security for a one-year line of credit to… Read More

Parents/Plaintiffs, Krista Kallal and Skylar Kallal, brought suit individually and as Next Friends of Their Minor Child, Brooke Kallal against Timothy Lyons, M.D. and other Defendants arising out of injuries to Brooke Kallal which occurred at the tim… Read More

Plaintiff filed a medical malpractice suit against Defendant Hospital. Following a nine-day trial, which the appellate court characterized as a “closely balanced case,” the jury returned a verdict for the Defendant. Plaintiff moved for a new tria… Read More

Askew Insurance Group, LLC v. AZM Group, Inc. 2020 IL App (1st) 190179 by Robert Handley BURKE & HANDLEY, P.C. 799 Roosevelt Road, Building 6, Suite 108 Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Procedural History In July, 2017, Askew Insurance Group, LLC filed… Read More

Palm v. Holocker 2018 IL 123152 By Robert Handley BURKE & HANDLEY, P.C. 799 Roosevelt Road, Building 6, Suite 108 Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 FACTS On October 18, 2014, Defendant, Ruben Holocker struck Plaintiff, Scarlett Palm, a pedestrian crossi… Read More

Download “Civil Practice and Procedure November 2017” and read this article on page 4. Read More

U.S. Bank N.A. v. Rahman, 2016 IL App (2) 150040 Facts On September 29, 2009, U.S. Bank filed its complaint to foreclose a mortgage against Defendant, Syeda Nazia Rahman (Rahman) and others with an interest in the property, on a residential property… Read More