United States Seventh Circuit

When a breach of fiduciary duty claim is based on the same operative facts as a legal malpractice claim, and results in the same injury, the later claim should be dismissed as duplicative.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/11/2003
• Decided 09/22/2004
• Published 09/22/2004

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sharon Shanahan (argued), Makanda, IL, Terrell L. Sharp, Mt. Vernon, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• A. Courtney Cox (argued), Hart & Hart, Benton, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.