Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
“A landlord left without an adequate remedy following breach of the lease by a tenant has only itself to blame for entering into a lease that fails to provide such a remedy.” 275 West Washington Street Corp. v. Hudson River Intern., LLC, 987 N.E.2d 194 (2013). The case: 275 Washington Street Corp. v. Hudson …
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(photo credit: www.smartofficefurniture.ca) 123 Madison Street Corp. v. Power & Dixon, 2013 IL App (1st) 122795-U examines a commercial lease dispute involving a law firm tenant. The facts: in 2002, plaintiff’s predecessor (the former office building owner) entered into lease with defendant law firm. Over the next few years, the Lease was amended three times …
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In Naperville South Commons, LLC v. Nguyen, 2013 IL App (3d) 120382-U, a Will County shopping center landlord filed its notice of appeal too late and so a money judgment for the tenant stands. The case involves a multi-year shopping center lease for tenant’s operation of nail salon. Several months into the lease’s fourth year, …
Continue reading “Fee Petition Doesn’t Extend Time to Appeal Trial Verdict In Commercial Lease Spat”