{"id":1614,"date":"2013-06-27T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:35:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:35:55","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-reverses-decision-regarding-attorney-client-relationship-in-wrongful-death-action-estate-of-powell-v-wunsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-reverses-decision-regarding-attorney-client-relationship-in-wrongful-death-action-estate-of-powell-v-wunsch\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Decision Regarding Attorney-Client Relationship in Wrongful-Death Action; Estate of Powell v. Wunsch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leona and Perry Smith were the co-guardians of the person, but not of the estate, of a profoundly disabled son, Perry Powell.\u00a0<\/span>A medical malpractice case was first initiated by Leona Smith related to the death of her husband, Perry Smith, which ended because of alleged legal malpractice.\u00a0<\/span>The issue in this appellate court case was whether an attorney-client relationship with Perry Powell, the disabled son of the decedent, was available.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The legal malpractice case was brought in the name of a public guardian and was later dismissed.\u00a0<\/span>At the trial court level, the judge concluded that the lawyers hired by Leona owed no duty to Perry Powell, the disabled son of the decedent.<\/p>\n

In reversing, the appellate court said, \u201cAn attorney litigates a wrongful-death action for the exclusive benefit of the next-of-kin and owes that party a duty even though the next-of-kin did not execute a retainer agreement with the attorneys.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Leona and Perry Smith were the co-guardians of the person, but not of the estate, of a profoundly disabled son, Perry Powell.\u00a0A medical malpractice case was first initiated by Leona Smith related to the death of her husband, Perry Smith, which ended because of alleged legal malpractice.\u00a0The issue in this appellate court case was whether […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,53,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illinois-civil-procedure","category-medical-negligence","category-wrongful-death"],"yoast_head":"\nIllinois Appellate Court Reverses Decision Regarding Attorney-Client Relationship in Wrongful-Death Action; Estate of Powell v. 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