In GoHealth, LLC v. Zoom Health, Inc., 2013 WL 6183024, the Northern District provides a detailed summary of the necessary Illinois pleading elements of some signature business torts in a diversity contract dispute involving the sale of insurance products. Plaintiff and defendants entered into a written agreement where plaintiff would sell insurance product leads to defendants for …
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Discovery Rule Saves Plaintiffs’ Fraud Claims Against Investment Firm (IL – 2d Dist)
Rasgaitis v. Waterstone Financial Group, Inc., 2012 IL App (2d) 111112-U, a 20-plus page Second District case, presents a detailed synopsis of Illinois agency law, the discovery rule and the “forward-looking” fraud rule (statements of future intent or opinion do not equal fraud). Facts: The plaintiffs sued the defendant financial services firm and two of its agents for fraud …