Mittelman v. Witous

Plaintiff, Robert Mittelman, filed an action in the circuit court of Cook County charging defendant, John Witous, with slander per se and intentional, willful interference with Mittelman’s “prospective business relationship and contractual expectancy” with the law firm of Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey and Witous, P.C. (Clausen Miller). Witous served on Clausen Miller’s board of directors. Mittelman’s first amended complaint also charged James Ferrini, another member of Clausen Miller’s board of directors, with breaching a duty to Mittelman in that Ferrini failed to take reasonable steps to…