Estate of Willis v. Kiferbaum Construction Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• finding that per Resnik an owner may be a third-party beneficiary of a contract where the contract requires subcontractors to consult him and sets forth a method for the owner may recover
• finding that, per Resnik, an owner may be a third-party beneficiary of a contract where the contract requires subcontractors to consult him and sets forth a method for the owner may recover
• finding that, per Resnik, an owner may be a third-party beneficiary of a - 12 - No. 1-19-2427 contract where the contract requires subcontractors to consult him and sets forth a method for the owner may recover
• there is a presumption -14­ No. 1-18-0582 against intended beneficiary status that “can only be overcome by an implication so strong as to be practically an express declaration.”
• in Illinois presumption against construing contract in favor of third-party beneficiary status can only be overcome by “an implication so strong as to be practically an express declaration.” (citing Ball Corp., 187 Ill. App. 3d at 177)
• presumption against creating third-party liability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).