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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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