Chicago Daily Law Bulletin 6.30.15 – Article on Lease Assignment and Prevailing Party Attorneys’ Fees Standards in Commercial Litigation

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Contractor’s Substantial Performance Of Home Repair Work Defeats Homeowners’ Breach of Contract Suit – IL 5th Dist.

Brown v. Daech & Bauer, 2015 IL App (5th) 140203-U, serves as a recent example of a court applying the substantial performance doctrine in favor of a contractor in a disgruntled homeowner’s breach of contract suit versus the contractor. The homeowner plaintiffs sued the contractor for defective work on plaintiffs’ home after some hail damage. …

As-Is Rider in Real Estate Contract Doesn’t Defeat Implied Warranty of Habitability in Home Sale – Fattah v. Bim Deconstruction – Part II of II)

The Fattah v. Bim (2015 IL App (1st) 140171) developer defendant seemed to have double protection.  Not only did the person it sold the home to (Buyer 1) waive the implied warranty of habitability, but Buyer 1’s buyer – the plaintiff – took the home “as-is” pursuant to a contract rider. Despite the added layer of protection, …