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 …
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Promissory Fraud: Sporting Goods Maker Pleads Seller’s Scheme to Defraud – IL ND
Maurice Sporting Goods, Inc. v. BB Holdings, Inc., 2017 WL 2692124, ponders the reach of the promissory fraud rule (a broken promise normally doesn’t equal fraud), how to plead around it, and the law of the case doctrine. After a multi-year business relationship for the sale of sporting goods imploded, the plaintiff distributor sued the …
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Broken Promises In Medical Services Agreement Don’t Equal Fraud – IL Court
An Illinois appeals court recently examined the promissory fraud rule in a medical services contract dispute. The key principle distilled from the court’s unpublished analysis in Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp. v. Cardwell, 2016 IL App (4th) 150312-U is that where fraud claims are based on false promises of future conduct, the claims will fail. …
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