Judge: Legal Representation Of Partners’ Sale Of Franchise Not Common Knowledge

Mealey's (March 21, 2018, 3:21 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on March 16 entered summary judgment in favor of a lawyer accused of legal malpractice over his representation of a business duo’s sale of their Domino’s Pizza franchise, holding that the plaintiff was required to produce expert testimony to show how the attorney was liable because the subject matter is not common knowledge to a layperson (Denver R. Grayson, et al. v. Michael J. Korst P.C., et al., No. 16 C 1297, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43246)....