In YPI 180 N. LaSalle, LLC v. 180 N. LaSalle II, LLC, 403 Ill.App.3d 1 (1st Dist. 2010), the court examined whether the 2008 global credit crisis was significant and unforeseen enough to merit application of the impossibility of performance doctrine in connection with a real estate contract for the sale of a Chicago office building. Facts The …
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Contractual Illegality and Medical Fee-Sharing
A contract law axiom states that an illegal contract is unenforceable. The prototypical example involves a plaintiff attempting to sue on a contract that violates a statute or encourages criminal or fraudulent conduct. Those situations clearly give rise to an illegality defense. But what if a contract term technically violates a statute, but the resulting damage is either trivial or nonexistent? A …
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Implied-In-Fact Contract Claims and Motions to Reconsider – Illinois Law
In 1801 W. Irving, LLC v. Splitt Architects, Ltd., 2013 IL App (1st) 121357-U (September 12, 2013) a plaintiff developer sued an architect for breach of an oral contract and for implied indemnity in connection with the construction of a condominium building. The trial court struck all counts of the developer’s amended complaint and the developer appealed. Held: Affirmed in …
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