Carol Studios, Inc. v. Hong, 2013 IL App 122293-U (1st Dist.2013) provides a good summary of Illinois pleading requirements for consumer fraud, civil conspiracy and unjust enrichment in a construction contract dispute involving commercial property. Facts: Over a span of two years, the owners of a mixed-use property in Skokie, Illinois hired the plaintiff interior design firm along …
Category Archives: Real estate litigation
Illinois Mechanics’ Lien General Contractor Doesn’t Morph Into a Subcontractor When Property is Sold Before Recording
Q: Does a general contractor transform into a subcontractor where a property owner sells its property to a third party AFTER the general contractor completes its improvements but BEFORE it records its mechanics lien? A: No. Q: Does it matter? A: Yes. Because unlike a general contractor, a subcontractor must serve a 90-day notice to the new owner in order …
Court Rejects Neighboring Property Owners’ Due Process Claim to Prevent ‘Wolf Point’ Construction in River North Area (Chicago)
I thought I was gonna have to dust off my 18,000-pound crimson-covered Laurence Tribe Constitutional Law book from 1993 Fall semester for this one. Seriously though, when I see a case that discusses substantive and procedural due process issues refers to Federal and State Constitutional amendments, my PTSD flashbacks to 1L are triggered. In Residences at Riverbend Condominium …