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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Clients who are ordered to pay punitive damages can sue to recover the money from their lawyers, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled, rejecting arguments state law and public policy protect lawyers from being subject to punitive damages awards. ....
Courts weigh legal malpractice claims in pair of decisions- While we wait for the Illinois Supreme Court to decide Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. v. Sandberg, Phoenix & Von Gontard, P.C., No. 127327, and resolve the question of whether defense lawyers can be saddled with punitive damages assessed against their. ....
High court weighs question of punitive damages in legal malpractice action- In a case that will decide whether defense lawyers are second class in the eyes of the law, the Illinois Supreme Court heard argument last week in Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. v. Sandberg, Phoenix & Von Gontard, P.C. The question presented on this. ....
A law firm argued Thursday to the Illinois Supreme Court that defense attorneys would face excessive liability exposure if the court allows a former client to try to recoup in malpractice damages a punitive award it was ordered to pay in an employment dispute. ....