Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
Midwest Commercial Funding, LLC v. Kelly, 2022 IL App (1st) 210644 shows the harsh results that can flow from the failure to follow a statute’s service requirements to the letter. There, dueling creditors fought over song royalties paid to disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly. Heather Williams sued the singer for sexual abuse and obtained a …
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I recently litigated the enforceability of a contractual arbitration provision contained in an electrical subcontract for work on a high-end residential project in the Chicago suburbs. The subcontractor fighting arbitration argued that the clause, drafted by the general contractor, was so one-sided against it, that it was unconscionable under Illinois law. [Among other things, the …
In Heartland Women’s Healthcare, Ltd. v. Simonton-Smith, 2021 IL App (5th) 200135-U, the appeals court affirmed summary judgment for an obstetrician sued for fraud based on her alleged verbal promise to retire from her practice at the end of a three-year employment term. The plaintiff claimed the defendant tricked it into buying her practice by …