While a signed agreement is almost always preferable to an oral one, the absence of a writing won’t always doom a breach of contract action. Trapani v. Elliot Group, Inc., 2016 IL App (1st) 143734, examines what happens when parties don’t sign a contract but still act as if an agreement exists. In a construction …
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Implied-in-Law Contracts Versus Express Contracts: “Black Letter” Basics
Tsitiridis v. Mahmoud, 2015 IL App (1st) 141599-U pits a taxi medallion owner against a medallion manager in a breach of contract dispute. Plaintiff pled both express and implied contract theories against the medallion manager based on an oral, year-to-year contract where the plaintiff licensed the medallions to the defendant (who used them in his fleet of …
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Talent Agency’s Implied In Law Contract Claim Survives Dismissal In Suit For TV Commercial Services
Karen Stavins Enteprises, Inc. v. Community College District No. 508, 2015 IŁ App (1st) 150356 stands as a recent example of a plaintiff suing in quasi-contract – specifically, under an implied-in-law contract theory – to recover the reasonable value of unpaid acting services rendered in connection with a television commercial. The plaintiff, a well-known Chicago talent agency, sued the City Colleges of Chicago’s corporate parent (“City …