· 8/20/2010
All American Roofing, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance
Citations
- 934 N.E.2d 679
- 404 Ill. App. 3d 438
- 343 Ill. Dec. 355
- 2010 Ill. App. LEXIS 871
How courts have described this case
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- rejecting a procedural unconscionability defense where the challenged arbitration clause was contained in a short document, an introductory subtitle preceded the arbitration clause, and the clause was written in full font
- rejecting retroactivity argument in favor of the plain language of arbitration agreement
- “[W]here the parties make a writing and its execution conditions precedent to its completion, there is no contract until this occurs.” (citation omitted)
- a party is charged with knowledge of the terms of a contract which it had the opportunity to read
- “[A] contracting party is not obligated to advise the other party of the contents of the agreement they are signing”
- “Given the brevity of the documents, their readability, and the placement of the clauses, it was impossible for even a casual reader to miss the arbitration and choice-of-law language.”
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Judges: McBRIDE
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