In July 2017, a Federal court in Minnesota grappled with the in-vogue issue of whether a former employee violates post-employment nonsolicitation provisions by asking her network for business on LinkedIn. The warring factions in Mobile Mini v. Vevea, (see here) are direct competitors in the portable storage business. Plaintiff sued when the defendant, a former sales representative …
Category Archives: Business Torts
Plaintiff Shows Actual and Constructive Fraud in Fraudulent Transfer Suit – IL Court
The plaintiff mortgage lender in Summitbridge Credit Investments II, LLC v. Ahn, 2017 IL App (1st) 162480-U sued the husband and wife borrower defendants for breach of a mortgage loan on two commercial properties in Chicago Two days after the plaintiff obtained a $360K-plus default judgment, the defendants deeded a third commercial property they owned …
Pontiac GTO Buyer Gets Only Paltry Damage Award Where He Can’t Prove Lost Profits Against Repair Shop – IL Court
Spagnoli v. Collision Centers of America, Inc., 2017 IL App (2d) 160606-U portrays a plaintiff’s Pyrrhic victory in a valuation dispute involving a 1966 Pontiac GTO. The plaintiff car enthusiast brought a flurry of tort claims against the repair shop defendant when it allegedly lost the car’s guts after plaintiff bought it on-line. The trial …