Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
The election of remedies doctrine clashes with Illinois alternative pleading rules in Evashank v. Miller Brewing Company, 2013 IL App (1st) 112987-U, a case involving a dispute over a misread beer promotional ticket. The plaintiff was given a promotional sticker at the Coach’s Corner bar that plaintiff thought read “win a million dollars”. It actually said “this …
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An imploded business arrangement for importing and then selling Christmas decorations sets the stage for the Northern District’s (IL) analysis of a slew of signature commercial litigation issues in Sunny Handicraft, Inc. v. Envision This!, LLC, 2015 WL 231108. While the case only involves a ruling on a 12(b)(6) pleadings motion, it’s still post-worthy for its discussion of some …
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