The seller's estate sued the real estate licensees who acted on seller's behalf in the sale of
his property for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.
Not exact matches
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for wheeling costs or other electricity transmission or delivery costs, and (iv) any proceeds received by Grantee as a result of damage or casualty to the Wind Energy Project, or any portion thereof and (B) include any revenues derived from Grantee's sale of carbon dioxide trading credits, renewable energy credits or certificates, emissions reduction credits, emissions allowances, green tags, tradable renewable credits, or Green - e ® products, any of which are allocated to Grantee, if applicable, through its participation in any voluntary registry, association or market - based exchan
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Breaches of contract and theft
of intellectual
property happen all the time — that's what we have courts
for.
1 Apr. 21, 2016)(unpublished), buyers
of seaside
property sued seller and a dual broker agent
for breach of contract, intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, and rescission after dual agent told buyers at a pre-sale stage that foul odors in the house were attributable to «sea air,» when instead they emanated from a post-sale discovery
of a buried oil and septic tank on the
property.
Represented ATG Oil & Gas Corp. in trial alleging
breach of an investment banking
contract for several hundred million dollars in financing to develop oil and gas
properties.
The purchase and sale
contract or an affidavit stating its material terms and stating that it is still effective, or both, could be recorded in the real estate records
of the county where the
property was located prior to closing, but it would be highly usual to do so absent a clear indication that a
breach was imminent (because it is very rare
for this to happen since the consequences are clear and it is so often an open and shut case) but it could come up if the seller believes that a condition under the original
contract was
breached and the buyer disagreed.
On a final note, the court ruled that the plaintiff's state law claims
for, inter alia,
breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and conversion also failed because those claims depended on an initial finding that the tip money used
for other purposes was the
property of the employees under the FLSA.
Advising a client in an action
for breach of contractual obligations in relation to the
contract for the sale
of a
property.
Prior to joining Lipe Lyons, Ms. Abraham spent several years as a trial attorney
for a Chicago based firm defending insurance carriers and their insureds in personal injury and
property damage claims arising from motor vehicle collisions, as well as
breach of contract and insurance coverage disputes.
Prior to joining Williams Montgomery & John, he practiced
for four years at another Chicago - based civil litigation firm where he represented real
property developers, motor vehicle dealers, lending companies, food manufacturers and family owned businesses as both plaintiff and defendant in commercial litigation matters involving
breach of contract, fraud and disputes under the Uniform Commercial Code, and defended his clients in consumer class action litigation.
When money or
property is withheld
for some time period, there will also often be an element
of pre-judgment interest that is calculated on top
of the economic value
of the harm as
of the time
of the
breach, often at a statutory rate, although the law
of pre-judgment interest varies quite a bit from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and is often allowed in
contract lawsuits, but not in tort lawsuits.
He manages all aspects
of litigation and consistently obtains favorable outcomes, from early dismissals and resolutions to verdicts,
for clients in business litigation disputes involving
breach of contract and fiduciary duties, restrictive covenants, business dissolutions, partnerships and joint ventures, derivative corporate claims, note defaults and workouts, and intellectual
property.
Disagreements between partners and shareholders, allegations
of business fraud, a
breach of contract or fiduciary duty, theft
of intellectual
property — these are issues that can send co-owners and competitors to the courtroom
for complex commercial litigation.
We have handled a variety
of construction related lawsuits, including construction defect claims,
breach of contract claims, indemnity disputes, additional insured issues, job site accidents and other tort claims seeking damages
for personal injuries, wrongful death,
property damage, economic loss and project delays.
Electron wanted the deal to include language limiting Electron's liability
for third - party intellectual
property claims and maintaining their right to sue Morgan Stanley in the event
of a
contract breach, writes Kathryn Rubino.
David has acted
for clients in a wide range
of disputes, including shareholder and partnership disputes, securities litigation, class action defence, proceedings under the Competition Act, employment law disputes,
contract disputes,
breach of confidence / intellectual
property disputes, fidelity bond claims, and professional negligence claims.
In Snow & Ice, Inc. v. MPR Management, 2017 IL App (1st) 151706 - U, a snow removal company brought
breach of contract and quantum meruit claims against a
property manager and several
property owners
for unpaid services.
Since the plaintiff only alleged the bare conclusion that the
property owners were responsible
for the management company's
contract, the First District affirmed dismissal
of plaintiff's
breach of contract claims.
Acting
for a
property asset manager defending claims
for negligence and
breach of contract in connection with an interest rate hedging arrangement;
Allen's representative work includes the successful defense
of a multi-million dollar insurance coverage and rescission suit by Lloyd's
of London; dismissal
of a six - figure claim
for retroactive premiums against the St. John Community Development Center; summary judgments (affirmed on appeal) against Essex Insurance Company and Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company
for breach of their respective insurance
contracts; trial verdicts against Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company and Liberty Mutual
for insurance bad faith; and numerous confidential five, six, and seven figure settlements reached in insurance disputes
of all types (including residential and commercial
property, commercial general liability, auto liability, errors and omissions, negligent procurement, and insurer bad faith).
Gareth's experience in commercial litigation has included cases relating to professional negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation, as well as claims
for breach of contract and intellectual
property matters.
specific performance — where the court orders the party in
breach to perform the aspects
of the
contract it has failed to do — such orders are sought in the unusual situation where parties exchange
contracts for a
property but
for whatever reason the seller fails or refuses to complete on the sale.
A civil Court which consists
of three divisions: - i) Queen's Bench (can be known as King's Bench Division if a King is assuming the throne)- civil disputes
for recovery
of money, including
breach of contract, personal injuries, libel / slander; ii) Family - concerned with matrimonial maters and proceedings relating to children, e.g. wardship; iii) Chancery -
property matters including fraud and bankruptcy
The Partition
of property is an official lawsuit that is distinct from probating a will, suing
for a
breach of a business
contract, or filing
for divorce.
In fact, the vast majority
of new home or condominium - purchase agreements do not allow the original buyer to assign the
contract to someone else and stipulate that any attempt by the buyer to do so, or to list the home
for sale on the MLS system or otherwise, or else list the
property for rent, will put the original buyer in
breach of the agreement.
If the jury found that the disclosure statement falsely represented the
property as having no structural defects, then S&J would be liable
for breach of contract because the disclosure had been incorporated into the
contract instead
of as a separate document.
The appellate court said there was no
breach of fiduciary duty because the brokerage had, among other things, disclosed that
properties wouldn't be offered
for sale exclusively to the investor and that the brokerage submitted a purchase
contract on the
property only after the investor failed to respond to the initial offer.
If the jury found that the Disclosure Statement falsely represented the
property as having no structural defects, then the Owner would be liable
for breach of contract.
Plaintiff sued defendant
for breach of contract, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and
breach of the warranty in the deed that the
property owner was free from encumbrances.
In Bartsas Realty, Inc. v. Nash, the Supreme Court
of Nevada reviewed the dismissal
of a broker's claims against a
property seller
for: (1) tortious interference with
contract; (2)
breach of oral agreement; and (3) fraud.
Century 21 Volpe Realty v. Jhong Kim (231 A.D. 2d 667)- broker entitled to real estate commission where seller entered into a valid and enforceable
contract for sale
of property and then willfully
breached the agreement, causing the failure
of the transfer
of title to the
property; agreement satisfies statute
of frauds.
Soviero v. Carroll Group International, Inc. (27 A.D. 3d 276)- salesperson asserted causes
of action
for breach of an oral employment agreement,
for wages, statutory liquidated damages and statutory attorney's fees under the Labor Law,
for conversion and conspiracy to commit conversion by the broker and punitive damages
for intentional tort; order dismissing all causes
of action except the
breach of contract claim affirmed; salesperson was fired by the firm and was no longer an «employee» or a «commissioned salesman»
of the brokerage firm after her termination, such as would entitle her to wages or a commission; conversion cause
of action fails as salesperson must have exercised ownership, possession or control
of the
property in the first place which she never had such ownership; no viable claim
for punitive damages which are not recoverable
for ordinary
breach of contract
Casey v. Masullo Brothers Builders, Inc. (218 A.D. 2d 907)- Buyer sues seller
for fraud, misrepresentation, mistake
of fact and
breach of contract where buyer purchased residence based upon representations by seller through newspaper advertisements and representations by seller's Realtor regarding the school district within which the
property was located; Realtor's statement based upon own investigation, loan profile sheet from an abstract company prepared prior to the closing, and town tax rolls which confirmed placement
of the
property within the disclosed school district; unless the facts are matters peculiarly within one party's knowledge, the other party must make use
of means available to him to ascertain, by the exercise
of ordinary intelligence, the truth
of such representations; question
of fact exists whether a reasonable inquiry would have revealed the correct school district; order dismissing seller's motion
for summary judgment affirmed.
2d 651)-- remedies provision
of the
Property Condition Disclosure Act are unenforceable beyond the requirement to give a $ 500 credit at closing should the seller refuse to provide the form, thereafter, common law or statutory remedies, if any, are available; information contained in the disclosure statement survives neither contract nor closing; seller answering «unknown» on the disclosure form triggers a duty to inquire on the part of the buyer and relieves the seller of any potential liability for defects that arise in regard to the part of the premises covered by the question; any information disclosed during the sale of the property merges into the contract and does not exist on its own basis of a common law cause of action; buyer's action based on breach of the disclosure statement is dismissed on the grounds that no such cause of action is created by RPL Article 14; buyer's relief exists under common law contract theories and buyers have not proven their prima faciecase under those
Property Condition Disclosure Act are unenforceable beyond the requirement to give a $ 500 credit at closing should the seller refuse to provide the form, thereafter, common law or statutory remedies, if any, are available; information contained in the disclosure statement survives neither
contract nor closing; seller answering «unknown» on the disclosure form triggers a duty to inquire on the part
of the buyer and relieves the seller
of any potential liability
for defects that arise in regard to the part
of the premises covered by the question; any information disclosed during the sale
of the
property merges into the contract and does not exist on its own basis of a common law cause of action; buyer's action based on breach of the disclosure statement is dismissed on the grounds that no such cause of action is created by RPL Article 14; buyer's relief exists under common law contract theories and buyers have not proven their prima faciecase under those
property merges into the
contract and does not exist on its own basis
of a common law cause
of action; buyer's action based on
breach of the disclosure statement is dismissed on the grounds that no such cause
of action is created by RPL Article 14; buyer's relief exists under common law
contract theories and buyers have not proven their prima faciecase under those theories
If a tenant fails to pay rent, breaks a rule, or significantly damages the
property, then it is considered
breach of contract and you have grounds
for eviction.
Although cases involving
property management were once again the most frequent area
of liability, legal issues such as
breach of contract,
breach of fiduciary duty, and
property disclosure were the major areas
of liability
for residential practitioners.
Of course, if the seller did not obtain owner's title insurance when she originally purchased the property, the seller would be responsible for her own legal expenses to correct these title snags, not to mention the added stress and likely closing delays that can result in a breach of contract and loss of sal
Of course, if the seller did not obtain owner's title insurance when she originally purchased the
property, the seller would be responsible
for her own legal expenses to correct these title snags, not to mention the added stress and likely closing delays that can result in a
breach of contract and loss of sal
of contract and loss
of sal
of sale.