Paul H. Schwendener, Inc. v. Jupiter Electric Co.

The plaintiff, Paul H. Schwendener, Inc. (Schwendener), filed the instant action against Jupiter Electric Company, Inc. (Jupiter), its officers, an accountant to whom Jupiter’s assets were assigned, and two of Jupiter’s creditors after Jupiter failed to perform on two construction contracts. During the course of litigation, the trial court entered several orders dismissing various counts of Schwendener’s first, third, and fourth amended complaints pursuant to section 2 — 615 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615 (West 1998)), granting summary judgment on count VI of its…