ARBITRATION: $1,005,073.20 award for breach of service contract for failed vehicle transmission under Illinois Consumer Fraud Act confirmed (grown to $1,152,603 with interest 41 months after arbitration initiated), settled on appeal to Supreme Court for confidential amount… Marks. [Read more…]
Attorney fees, $342,881, frivolous stock claims
ATTORNEY FEES: $342,881 fees & costs awarded out of ex-girlfriend’s 16% share of deceased’s $2,808,425 stock account for defense by 3 other beneficiaries of frivolous claim to entire account, affirming Cebull’s award following remand from 9th Circuit to allow objections as to amounts… Watters. [Read more…]
Judgment renewal, motion v. separate action
JUDGMENT RENEWAL improperly granted on motion rather than in separate action, but judgment debtor not entitled to hearing on legality of 2004 $2.5 million intellectual property judgment… Todd reversed (IOR I-3(d)). [Read more…]
Jurisdiction, out-of-state Defendants, hearing
JURISDICTION over out-of-state Defendants improperly decided without hearing on disputed fact issues as to alter ego/successor theories… supervisory control of Allison accepted… order. [Read more…]
Interpleader, frivolous investment account claims
INTERPLEADER: Frivolous claims by one-time attorney/girlfriend to all proceeds of decedent’s investment account over 4 others named in TOD rejected, assessed fees/costs against her share of $2,808,425 funds… Cebull. [Read more…]
Protective order, intellectual property
PROTECTIVE ORDER challenge in $5 million intellectual property arbitration case barred as untimely and by res [Read more…]
Attorney fees, $11,189, vexatious litigant
ATTORNEY FEES: $11,189.10 against vexatious litigant… Cebull. [Read more…]
Civil conspiracy, vexatious Claimant
CIVIL CONSPIRACY: No reasonable inference from minimal factual allegations that Defendant liable for civil conspiracy, tortious [Read more…]
UI, trucker drive-time issue, voluntary quit
UI: Judge improperly substituted findings for BLA findings, improperly concluded Claimant quit for good cause… BLA’s [Read more…]
$2.6 million fees/costs, intellectual property rights
ATTORNEY FEES: No abuse of discretion in assessing $2.467,547 fees, $137,518 costs/expenses following $2.5 million award for intellectual property rights misappropriation… Todd affirmed (IOR I-3(d)). [Read more…]