Tannenbaum v. Lincoln National Bank

Plaintiff, David Tannenbaum, appearing pro se, filed suit in the circuit court of Lake County against defendant Lincoln National Bank and Gene Torkelson, an officer of the bank (collectively, the bank), seeking actual and punitive damages for “home invasion and violation of [plaintiff’s] civil rights and trespass” to plaintiff’s home which occurred on November 8, 1983, and arose out of the defendants’ alleged illegal conspiracy to cause the repossession of a 1983 Buick LeSabre automobile owned by plaintiff’s wife. This complaint was stricken and plaintiff filed an amended complaint, adding as…