Sorkin v. Blackman, Kallick & Co., Ltd.

JUSTICE EGAN *

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the recurring problem arising from a complaint alleging damages as a result of a tort which the defendant claims is not a tort but an alleged breach of contract. The sole issue concerns the applicability of Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. National Tank Co. (1982), 91 Ill. 2d 69, 435 N.E.2d 443, and the subsequent case of Morrow v. L.A. Goldschmidt Associates, Inc. (1986), 112 Ill. 2d 87, 492 N.E.2d 181.

Since this appeal is from an order dismissing the complaint, the following recitation of facts is based on the allegations of…