Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury and Business Litigation: Collecting from Defendants

The issue of collecting payment after you’ve obtained a judgment or verdict has two main forks in the road – the first of which is an insurance issue. In auto accidents, for example, the defendant will have an insurance policy that will pay out some, if not all, of your judgment. Often, we have had…

Breach of Oral and/or Written Contracts-for Plaintiffs and Defendants

Breach of contracts–written or oral (and, often, both) is a common, every day commercial / business issue that nearly any type of business–and individuals–face. Simply put, several elements are necessary to establish / form a contract whether it is oral or written: An offer; An acceptance of the offer; and “Consideration” (that is, usually money…

Interference with a relationship or contract?

If someone or another business attempts to interfere with a relationship that you are entering into with another business or customer, or in fact diverts that relationship, you or your business may have a claim against that individual or business for intentional interference with a business expectancy–or interference with “prospective economic advantage.” In general, 4 elements…