Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
The First District examines a slew of important substantive and procedural litigation issues in Graver v. Pinecrest Volunteer Fire Dept., 2014 IL App (1st) 123006, a commercial lease dispute pitting an Illinois corporation against a Tennessee corporation and an agent of that corporation. The parties signed a fire truck lease that called for seven years’ …
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Jimmy Connors is one of my all-time favorite tennis players and professional athletes. Not just because he was such a fiery competitor who seemed to literally spill his blood and guts every time he took the court. But because of his racket. In an era dominated by space-age racket technologies like Kevlar, ceramics and …
A summary judgment motion axiom posits that you can’t contradict prior sworn deposition testimony with a later affidavit in order to create a triable fact dispute. A crude example: if in a deposition you say “I didn’t suffer any monetary damages”, you can’t file an affidavit later in the lawsuit where you say “actually, come to think …
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