· 11/17/1993
E.J. McKernan Co. v. Gregory
Citations
- 623 N.E.2d 981
- 252 Ill. App. 3d 514
- 191 Ill. Dec. 391
How courts have described this case
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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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Judges: Colwell, Inglis, Doyle
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