E.J. McKernan Co. v. Gregory

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• affirming jury’s award of compensatory damages totaling $1,067,000 and punitive damages of $420,000 for agents’ exploitation of fiduciary relationship by usurping corporate opportunities
• affirming punitive damages award based 39 14-2767 on \willful and wanton conduct\ exceeding the \intentional and unjustified interference\ required to establish a claim for tortious interference with a business expectancy (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “A corporation’s fiduciary is not permitted to . . . take advantage of business opportunities which are considered to belong to the corporation as far as the fiduciary is concerned.”

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Cited by

37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

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  Illinois Supreme Court· 2013-03-04· cited 184×
• Foodcomm International v. Patrick James Barry
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-05-02· cited 176×
• Tas Distributing Company, Incorporated v. Cummins Engine Company, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-06-14· cited 164×
• Franz v. Calaco Development Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-10-21· cited 103×
• Proctor v. Davis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-07-11· cited 68×
• Loewen Group International, Incorporated v. William J. Haberichter
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-10-17· cited 55×
• International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 v. Lowe Excavating Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-11-30· cited 48×
• Barry Mogul & Associates, Inc. v. Terrestris Development Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-11-21· cited 45×
• Avery v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-04-05· cited 34×
• Beltran v. Brentwood North Healthcare Center, LLC
  N.D. Illinois· 2006-04-04· cited 34×
• Krol v. Wilcek (In Re H. King & Associates)
  N.D. Illinois· 2003-06-23· cited 30×
• Prodromos v. Everen Securities, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-03-20· cited 27×
• Anest v. Audino
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-07-12· cited 27×
• Ryan v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-08-08· cited 21×
• J.A. Morrissey, Inc. v. Smejkal
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2010-07-02· cited 17×
• First Midwest Bank, N.A. v. Sparks
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-06-30· cited 16×
• Lowe Excavating Co. v. International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 150
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-02-22· cited 15×
• Euroholdings Capital & Investment Corp. v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-03-11· cited 12×
• Lowe Excavating Co. v. International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 150
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-07-08· cited 11×
• Riad v. 520 South Michigan Ave. Associates Ltd.
  N.D. Illinois· 1999-09-07· cited 10×

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1967-05-18· cited 2,326×
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-04· cited 1,406×
• Solomons v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1890-12-08· cited 165×
• Deal v. Byford
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-03-22· cited 134×
• Warren v. LeMay
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-03-24· cited 126×
• Hazelwood v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-05-04· cited 107×
• ABC Trans National Transport, Inc. v. Aeronautics Forwarders, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-10-31· cited 102×
• Galinski v. Kessler
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-06-20· cited 91×
• Lewis v. Cotton Belt Route-St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-06-26· cited 76×
• Graham v. Mimms
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-12-17· cited 73×
• Kochan v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-02-23· cited 70×
• Mannion v. Stallings & Co., Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-09-24· cited 65×
• Signa v. Alluri
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1953-08-04· cited 57×
• Glass v. Burkett
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-10-11· cited 53×
• Veco Corp. v. Babcock
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-02-09· cited 48×
• H. Vincent Allen & Associates, Inc. v. Weis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-07-31· cited 46×
• Certified Mechanical Contractors, Inc. v. Wight & Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-10-30· cited 44×
• Smith-Shrader Co. v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-08-19· cited 44×
• City of Highwood v. Obenberger
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-12-18· cited 35×
• Comedy Cottage, Inc. v. Berk
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-06-09· cited 30×

Other cases named E.J. McKernan Co. v. Gregory

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• E.J. McKernan Co. v. Gregory
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-12-13· cited 20×