CPM Productions, Inc. v. Mobb Deep, Inc.

Following an arbitration in November 1997, plaintiff, CPM Productions, Inc. (CPM), obtained a monetary award against defendant, Mobb Deep, Inc. (Mobb Deep), for damages and expenses allegedly caused by Mobb Deep’s breach of a contract to perform a musical concert in Chicago. Upon Mobb Deep’s failure to appear or otherwise answer the complaint of CPM seeking to enforce the arbitrator’s award under the Illinois version of the Uniform Arbitration Act (710 ILCS 5/1 et seq. (West 1998)) (the Act), the circuit court entered a default judgment on the award.

Mobb Deep, through counsel, thereafter…