Sole Shareholder Of Dissolved Corporation Can Sue Under Nine-Year Old Contract – Eludes Five-Year ‘Survival’ Rule

  Haskins, d/b/a Windows Siding Unlimited, Inc. v. Hogan, 2015 IL App (3d) 140609-U – A Synopsis In 2003, Plaintiff’s former company entered into a written contract with defendant to install windows on defendant’s home. Defendant failed to pay. The windows company was administratively dissolved in 2005 by the Illinois Secretary of State.  Seven years later, in 2012, Plaintiff …

“But I Did Stay At A Holiday Inn Last Night!”: Unauthorized Practice of Law By Corporate Reps In IL

In Rohr Burg Motors, Inc. v. Kulbarsh, 2014 IL App (1st) 131664, the First District expands on the rule requiring a corporation to be represented by counsel in litigation. The plaintiff car dealer filed a pro se (i.e. not through an attorney) complaint seeking return of a car the defendant retained after promising to return it to the dealer …