Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
Primo v. Pierini, 2012 IL App (1st) 103553-U discusses the key elements of a joint venture and how it differs from other common business arrangements. The plaintiff contractor sued a construction manager to recover about $300k in building improvements it made in building a Chicago restaurant. The construction manager was hired by the restaurant owner and was actively involved in …
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Accord and satisfaction is a legal device utilized to satisfy a monetary obligation when there is genuine confusion as to how much is owed. It can streamline litigation by eliminating the need for a trial on a contract action based on the parties’ conduct. An accord and satisfaction’s key elements are: (1) a good faith …
In Huon v. Breaking Media, LLC, 2014 WL 6845866 (N.D.Ill. 2014), an Illinois attorney sued law blog Above the Law (ATL) and womens’-interest blog Jezebel.com, for reporting on the plaintiff’s arrest and subsequent trial on sexual assault and witness intimidation charges. The plaintiff was criminally charged after he met a woman responding to a Craigslist ad where the plaintiff claimed he …