C.I.S., Inc. v. Kann

Defendants, James Kann and Robert T. Krebs, appeal from the entry of summary judgment against each of them in favor of plaintiff, C.I.S., Inc. This is a companion case to Krebs v. Mini (1977), 53 Ill. App. 3d 787, 368 N.E.2d 159, decided by this court, and the trial court granted these judgments based upon the application of the doctrine of estoppel by verdict, finding that the issues sought to be herein litigated had been finally determined in the earlier case.

In this case plaintiff, C.I.S., Inc., sought recovery of *13,000 bonuses taken from it by each of the defendants. The facts as stated in…