Jackson Jordan v. Leydig
IL.7713 , 633 N.E.2d 627, 158 Ill. 2d 240, Dec. 786 (1994)(198 Ill)
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JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court: The plaintiff, Jackson Jordan, Inc., brought the present action in the circuit court of Cook County against its former attorneys,
the law firm of Leydig, Voit & Mayer. The plaintiff sought to recover damages for legal malpractice allegedly committed
by the defendant in the course of advising the plaintiff on a matter of patent law. The circuit court granted the defendant's
motion for summary judgment on the ground that the action was barred by the five-year limitations period applicable to legal
malpractice claims. The appellate court affirmed. (199 Ill. App. 3d 728.) We allowed the plaintiff's petition for leave to
appeal (134 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)), and we now reverse the circuit and appellate courts.
