Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
The election of remedies doctrine clashes with Illinois alternative pleading rules in Evashank v. Miller Brewing Company, 2013 IL App (1st) 112987-U, a case involving a dispute over a misread beer promotional ticket. The plaintiff was given a promotional sticker at the Coach’s Corner bar that plaintiff thought read “win a million dollars”. It actually said “this …
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The First District affirmed an almost $10M bench trial judgment in favor of a publishing company against one of its former officers in ICD v. Gittlitz, 2014 IL App (1st) 133277. The defendant engaged in a multi-year course of fraudulent conduct against his employer by issuing bogus expense reports and writing himself company checks for “advances” …
The Featured Case: Brannen v. Siefert, 2013 IL App (1st) 122067, ¶ 52 (11.19.13) The Facts: Plaintiffs – a land trustee and trust beneficiary – sued the Underlying Defendants, an attorney and his wife, for breach of a written real estate contract for the purchase of a home owned by the plaintiffs. The strangely worded contract, drafted by Underlying Defendants, called …
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