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 …
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In US National Bank v. Avdic, 2014 IL App (1st) 121759-U, the First District provides a detailed analysis of both the evidentiary foundation requirements for computer-generated business records and the requirements of a valid summary judgment affidavit. The plaintiff lender filed a foreclosure suit against the borrower defendant and moved for summary judgment. The lender supported its motion with …
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In In re 3RC Mechanical & Contracting Services, LLC v. Climatemp, Inc., 2013 WL 6172673 (N.D.Ill. 2013), the Debtor’s trustee sued the defendant for breach of a construction contract. The defendant moved for summary judgment and supported the motion with its project manager’s affidavit and over 30 exhibits – mainly invoices and bills. The Trustee moved to strike about …
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