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Bank’s Guaranty Claims Prevail Over Guarantor’s Estate (Part II of II)

In addition to affirming the trial court’s striking the Estate’s affirmative defenses, the First District in JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. East-West Logistics, LLC, 2014 IL App (1st) 121111 also upheld the Section 2-615 dismissal of the Estate’s fraud-based counterclaims and the summary judgment awarded the plaintiff bank on its breach of guaranty claim against the Estate.   Fraud and Consumer Fraud To state …

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Integration Clauses and the Implied Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing – An Illinois Case Note

In JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. East-West Logistics, LLC, 2014 IL App (1st) 121111, the Illinois First District affirmed summary judgment for the plaintiff bank in its lawsuit for breach of a commercial guaranty.  In doing so, the Court re-emphasized the key rules governing affirmative defenses, the nature of a guarantor’s liability in Illinois and the content of a proper summary …

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Chiropractor’s Lien Can Be Adjudicated by Court Without Obtaining Personal Jurisdiction Over Chiropractor

Illinois’ Healthcare Services Lien Act, 770 ILCS 23/1 (the Act), allows a health care provider to impress a lien on a patient’s claim for personal injuries up to the amount of the provider’s services.  So, if I give medical services to an injured patient worth $2,000, that patient doesn’t pay me, and he later settles …

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