Midwest Mailing & Shipping Systems, Inc. v. Schoenberg, Finkel, Newman & Rosenberg, 2023 IL App (1st) 220562-U illustrates in sharp relief the consequences flowing from a failure to file a post-trial motion in a jury case and the latitude afforded a jury when it fashions a money damages award/
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Business Broker Wins Contract Suit Against Accountant: Special Concurrence Chides Overuse of Adverbs in Briefs
By PaulP
APS v. Sorkin, 2023 IL App (1st) 211668-U considers some important issues that recur in breach of contract litigation and features an appellate judge urging lawyers to excise superfluous adverbs from their legal briefs.
The business broker plaintiff sued an accountant for damages after he sold his practice to a buyer introduced by the plaintiff…
Non-Member of LLC Lacks Standing to Pursue Statutory and Common Law Claims against LLC Manager – IL First District
By PaulP
Doherty v. Country Faire Conversion, LLC, 2020 IL App (1st) 192385, a dispute concerning a limited liability company (LLC) provides a useful summary of the difference between a company (a) member and (b) transferee of a member’s economic company interest and the financial impact flowing from that distinction.
The plaintiff purchased what she believed was…
R. Kelly’s Royalty Account Nabbed by Sex Assault Judgment Creditor
By PaulP
Midwest Commercial Funding, LLC v. Kelly, 2022 IL App (1st) 210644 shows the harsh results that can flow from the failure to follow a statute’s service requirements to the letter.
There, dueling creditors fought over song royalties paid to disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly. Heather Williams sued the singer for sexual abuse and obtained a…
Missing Contingent-Fee Term Doesn’t Doom Law Firm’s Quantum Meruit Claim
By PaulP
Reversing a trial court’s dismissal of a law firm’s quasi-contract claims against a former client, the First District recently considered the enforceability of a contingency fee contract that was missing a material term.
The plaintiff law firm in Seiden Law Group, P.C. v. Segal, 2021 IL App (1st) 200877 sued the defendant, an ex-client, for…