Illinois Fraud Law, Corporate Opportunity Doctrine and Recoverable Damages – A Case Note

The Court also affirmed summary judgment on the plaintiff’s fraud claims against its former corporate President defendant in Star Forge, Inc. v. F.C. Mason Co., 2014 IL App (2d) 130527-U.  Plaintiff’s two-fold fraud claims were premised on (1) defendant misrepresenting to plaintiff the requirements of a big money contract involving John Deere so that a competitor of plaintiff’s …