E & B Marketing Enterprises, Inc. v. Ryan

Plaintiff E & B Marketing Enterprises, Inc. (E & B), appeals the dismissal of its amended complaint against defendant James E. Ryan, M.D. (Ryan). The appeal presents as issues (1) whether the complaint was barred by res judicata, and (2) whether the circuit court erred in concluding that the contract sued upon was void.

E & B initially filed an action for an accounting in the chancery division of the circuit court of Cook County. That suit was dismissed for want of prosecution on February 4, 1988. On April 6, 1989, E & B filed this action alleging breach of contract in the law division.

The…