LLC Member Not Liable For Fraud Carried Out On Behalf of LLC

The First District expansively construed Section 10-10 of the Illinois LLC statute (805 ILCS 180/10-10) to immunize LLC managers and members from personal liability for misdeeds carried out on the LLC’s behalf. In Dass v. Yale, 2013 IL App (1st) 122520, the plaintiffs sued an LLC member (along with a general contractor and sales agent) for construction defects in their …

Condo Association Sues Developer Based on False Statements In Sales Brochure and For Anemic Repair Reserves

In Henderson Square Condominium Association v. LAB Townhomes, LLC, 2014 IL App (1st) 130764, a condominium association sued the developer and contractor after unit owners discovered wide-ranging property defects in their units. (For Chicago readers: the project is near that nightmarish, multi-cornered Belmont-Lincoln-Ashland intersection on the North side). The property’s construction was completed in 1996, the unit …

Suit Against Home Inspector Thrown Out Based on Contractual Liquidated Damages Clause and Disclaimers

In Boshyan v. Private I. Home Inspections, Inc., 2014 IL App (1st) 287715, the First District examines the interplay between a liquidated damages provision and limitation of liability language in a written home inspection contract. The plaintiff home buyer sued his home inspector for breach of contract after the plaintiff encountered property defects after he moved …