Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Weiss
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 6, 2009No. 09 C 907PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
RUBEN CASTILLO, District Judge.
Plaintiff Tod A. Lewis (“Lewis”) filed this action against Defendants Paul M. Weiss (“Weiss”), Eric D. Freed (“Freed”), and Freed & Weiss LLC (“F & W”) (collectively, “Defendants”), alleging abuse of process under Illinois law. (R. 1, Compl. ¶¶ 6-14.) Defendants move to dismiss the complaint arguing that Plaintiff has failed to plead a cognizable abuse of process claim and that he has not suffered damages in excess of $75,000 so as to invoke federal jurisdiction. (R. 11, Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss ¶¶ 1-2.) For the reasons stated below,…
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