Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
(Photo credit: www.corbusimages.com) This case piqued my interest since I recently spent an obscene amount of time trying to serve a defendant in a commercial lease dispute. It wasn’t until after my process server gave sworn testimony for nearly an hour at an evidentiary hearing that the court finally (and mercifully) put the service issue to bed and allowed …
Continue reading “Serving The Corporate Defendant – An IL Case Note”
Code Section 2-203.1, titled “Service by Special Order of Court” allows a plaintiff to request service by alternative or “comparable” means when faced with an elusive defendant. 735 ILCS 5/2-203.1. The statute requires a supporting affidavit that details the specific attempts made to locate a defendant and permits the court to authorize service in a manner that complies with due …