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"A man claims he lost out on the opportunity to collect damages from a rear-end collision after his former attorney named the wrong party as defendant in a lawsuit.<br /><br />Gene Schmidt filed a lawsuit Feb. 14 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Andrew G. Toennies and Lashly and Baer.<br /><br />In his complaint, Schmidt alleges he was involved in a rear-end collision on Jan. 23, 2007. Following the accident, he hired Toennies of Lashly and Baer to represent him, according to the complaint.<br /><br />However, Toennies allegedly named the wrong defendant when he filed the lawsuit, the current suit states. As a result, the statute of limitations expired, and Schmidt can no longer collect damages from the collision, the complaint says.<br /><br />Schmidt claims he could have retrieved more than $75,000 in damages because of the torso, neck, back and brain injuries he received in the collision.<br /><br />In his complaint, Schmidt seeks a judgment of more than $75,000, plus costs.<br /><br />Bruce N. Cook of Cook, Ysursa, Bartholomew, Brauer and Shevlin in Belleville will be representing him.<br /><br /><i>St. Clair County Circuit Court case number: 13-L-85.</i>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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