W.E. Erickson Construction, Inc. v. Chicago Title Insurance

Plaintiffs W.E. Erickson Construction, Inc., Elmhurst National Bank, and Wilbert E. Erickson (hereafter, Erickson) appeal a summary judgment for defendant Chicago Title Insurance Company (Chicago Title) on Erickson’s complaint for breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation. Erickson also appeals the denial of a motion for leave to amend the complaint to include a count for fraudulent misrepresentation. We affirm.

Erickson contracted with Congress-Kenilworth Corporation (C-K) in 1981 to build a water slide as part of an amusement park in Crest-wood, Illinois. Earlier that year, C-K…