Seligman v. First National Investments, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE FREEMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Leslie Seligman, filed a second-amended complaint, consisting of 13 counts, against defendants, Amr A. Effat, Shashikant S. Patel, real estate brokers, and First National Investments, Inc. (FNI), their real estate agency. In the first two counts, plaintiff alleged defendants’ breach of a contract to sell him certain real estate in Palatine, Illinois. In the remaining 11 counts, plaintiff alleged defendants’ common law fraud and violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (the Consumer Fraud Act)…