How meta is this fact pattern? Peabody-Waterside v. Islands of Waterside, LLC, 2013 IL App (5th) 120490, examines the distinction between LLC entity liability and an LLC member’s personal liability through the lens of a mechanics lien claim filed against an LLC by one of its own members. Recall that Illinois law recognizes a clear line …
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Construction Manager Who ‘Controls’ Site Can Be Liable For Subcontractor Employee’s Injury
Calloway v. Bovis Lend Lease, Inc., 2013 WL 4428894 (1st Dist. 2013) examines a construction manager’s negligence liability to a subcontractor’s employee where the construction manager entrusts work to the subcontractor but still exercises some control over its work. Facts: A father and son were piping installers for a subcontractor on a construction project managed by the defendant. They sustained fatal (father) and permanent (son) …
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress: The Physical Injury Requirement
“Maggie”, “Mr. Kitty” and “Carmel Cream.” Are they the stage names of the um, “dancers”, at your local gentleman’s club, peut-etre? Not sure. But they are the names of the plaintiff’s cats who figure prominently in Myers v. Condominiums of Edelweiss, Inc., 2013 WL 4597973 (N.D.Ill. August 29, 2013). Myers examines what happens when a condominium association’s …
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