Two diva-esque homeowners (I don’t judge; I just report) who demanded impossible perfection from a contractor got slapped with a $100,000-plus bench trial verdict in Wolfe Construction v. Knight, 2014 IL App (5th) 130115-U. Affirming the damage award, the appeals court gave content to the substantial performance doctrine, expanded on the requirement of contractual definiteness and …
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Tortious Interference With Prospective Economic Advantage – An Illinois Case Note
In Davidson v. Schneider, 2014 WL 656780 (N.D.Ill. 2014), the Court describes the quantum of proof required for a plaintiff to survive summary judgment on both the damages element of a breach of contract claim and the “reasonable expectancy” prong of a tortious interference claim. The plaintiff and defendant were competitors in the baseball vision testing business. …
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Contractual Impossibility? Global Economic Crash Doesn’t Excuse Performance Of Real Estate Deal – Illinois Court
In YPI 180 N. LaSalle, LLC v. 180 N. LaSalle II, LLC, 403 Ill.App.3d 1 (1st Dist. 2010), the court examined whether the 2008 global credit crisis was significant and unforeseen enough to merit application of the impossibility of performance doctrine in connection with a real estate contract for the sale of a Chicago office building. Facts The …