Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
In Xylem Dewatering Solutions, Inc. v. Szablewski, 2014 IL App (5th) 140080-U, the plaintiff corporation sued some of its ex-employees after they joined a competitor and started raiding plaintiff’s office staff. The trial court denied plaintiff’s request for an injunction and then it appealed. Result: Trial court’s order upheld. Plaintiff loses. Reasons: To get a preliminary injunction, …
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C. Szabo Contracting v. Lorig Construction, 2014 IL App (2d) 131328’s plaintiff sub-subcontractor (it contracted with a subcontractor, tried to use unjust enrichment to recover against a twice-removed general contractor on a highway construction job. The plaintiff installed underground pipes under a subcontract. When the subcontractor didn’t pay, the Plaintiff sued the general contractor to recover over $200K …
The Northern District of Illinois recently discussed the pleading and proof elements of tortious interference with contract and the promissory estoppel doctrine in a commercial railcar lease dispute. In Midwest Renewable Energy, LLC v. Marquis Energy-Wisconsin, LLC 2014 WL 4627921 (N.D. Ill. 2014), the plaintiff sublessor of railcars sued the sublessee for damages after the …