387 Ill. App. 3d 743 - Nettleton v. Stogsdill’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · 201 Ill. 2d 403 - Robinson v. Toyota Motor Credit Corp. · 169 Ill. 2d 525 - Haudrich v. Howmedica, Inc. · 193 Ill. 2d 433 - Neade v. Portes · 222 Ill. 2d 218 - Tri-G, Inc. v. Burke, Bosselman & Weaver
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"`"The issue of proximate causation in a legal malpractice setting is generally considered a factual issue to be decided by the trier of fact."' [Citation.] Such a determination is to be made by the trier of fact after consideration of all of the evidence and attending circumstances. [Citations.] The issue of proximate causation should never be decided as a matter of law where reasonable persons could reach different results. [Citation.]" Nettleton v. Stogsdill, 387 Ill.App.3d 743, 753 , 326 Ill.Dec. 601 , 899 N.E.2d 1252 (2008) (quoting Governmental Interinsurance Exchange v. Judge, 221 Ill.2d 195, 210 , 302 Ill.Dec. 746 , 850 N.E.2d 183 (2006) quoting Renshaw v. Black, 299 Ill.App.3d 412, 417-18 , 233 Ill.Dec. 703 , 701 N.E.2d 553 (1998)).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“that a legal malpractice plaintiff may recover as actual damages the attorney fees incurred as a result of the defendant's malpractice, so long as the plaintiff can demonstrate she would not have incurred the fees in the absence of the defendant's negligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because plaintiff's claim for breach of fiduciary duty was based on the same operative facts and alleged the same injury as her claim for legal malpractice, the dismissal of plaintiff's breach of fiduciary duty claim was appropriate”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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