How Are Legal Malpractice Settlement Amounts Calculated in Illinois?
Putting a Number on Attorney Negligence: What Illinois Claimants Should Know Key Takeaways: Legal malpractice settlement amounts in Illinois are determined by proving duty, breach, causation, and damages, then quantifying the concrete financial loss caused by an attorney’s error. Recovery depends on causation evidence, including standard-of-care testimony, and reconstructing the underlying matter through a "case-within-a-case" […]