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Brannen v. Siefert: A (Legal Malpractice) Case Study (Ill. First Dist.)

The Featured Case: Brannen v. Siefert, 2013 IL App (1st) 122067, ¶ 52 (11.19.13)   The Facts: Plaintiffs – a land trustee and trust beneficiary – sued the Underlying Defendants, an attorney and his wife, for breach of a written real estate contract for the purchase of a home owned by the plaintiffs.  The strangely worded contract, drafted by Underlying Defendants, called …

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Posted byPaulPDecember 12, 2013November 18, 2014Posted inBusiness Torts, Civil Procedure, Contract LawTags: 9-102(a)(5), acceleration, Brannen, case within a case, double recovery, election of remedies, Forcible Entry, forfeiture, LeFevour, legal malpractice, Siefert
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