LaSalle National Bank v. Willis

PRESIDING JUSTICE FITZGERALD SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

John Willis bought property neighboring a house in Chicago owned by longtime resident Dolores Witt. He hired Quality Excavation, Inc., to demolish the structure on his property and to excavate the site. Work done on Willis’s property allegedly used improper shoring and damaged Witt’s house, forcing Witt to evacuate her home of nearly 80 years and, ultimately, to sell the property. These three consolidated cases arose from the property damage to Witt’s house.

In the initial appeal, No. 1 — 06—3564, plaintiffs LaSalle National…