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S. ILLINOIS RIVERBOAT CASINO CRUISES, INC. v. TRIANGLE INSULATION & SHEET METAL CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts
A remedy limitation may not constitute a material alteration of a sales contract under 810 Illinois Compiled Statute section 5/2-207.

JEANES v. ALLIED LIFE INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Insurance agents who resigned after discovering that company failed to disclose to them fee increases did not prove constructive discharge, thus...

REFINERY HOLDING CO., LP v. TRMI HOLDINGS, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Environmental Law
Language of a bankruptcy lender agreement did not create an implied indemnity by a current refinery owner in favor of a former owner, and a provision...

LAWSON v. FORTIS INS. CO.

Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
Construing ambiguity of an insurance policy against the insurer, leukemia was not a "pre-existing condition" where an insured received treatment for a...

THREE RIVER TELCO v. TSFL HOLDING CORP., INC.

Banking Law, Contracts
Enforcement of a repurchase guaranty is affirmed where sufficient evidence established the occurrence of a condition precedent to a guaranty...

BOWERS v. BAYSTATE TECH., INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent
Where breach of contract damages arose from the same copying and included the same lost sales that formed the basis for copyright damages, district...

ZEIDLER v. A&W REST., INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts
Contract and Illinois Franchise Disclosure Act claims are not actionable where plaintiffs (restaurant franchisees) failed to show that a franchiser's...

ARP v. AON/COMBINED INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for an insurer on a bad faith claim was improper where no medical basis nor contractual reason existed upon which an insurer could...

THOMPSON v. IRWIN HOME EQUITY CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Plaintiffs were required to arbitrate their Truth in Lending Act claims where 1) a demand for rescission did not have the automatic effect of...

BEM I, L.L.C. v. ANTHROPOLOGIE, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
An arbitration award will not be disturbed where the arbitrators did not disregard or attempt to change Illinois law, and their decision will not be...