Erlenbush v. Largent

NO. 4-04-0053

IN THE APPELLATE COURT

OF ILLINOIS

FOURTH DISTRICT

KAREN ERLENBUSH,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

GREGORY W. LARGENT,

Defendant-Appellee.))))))))

Appeal from

Circuit Court of

Sangamon County

No. 00LM1932

Honorable

Stuart H. Shiffman,

Judge Presiding.

Plaintiff, Karen Erlenbush, bought a house from defendant, Gregory W. Largent, and discovered it was infested with termites. She sued him for fraud, prevailed, and was awarded damages. The real-estate purchase contract provided that if one party brought "an action against the other with respect to this contract," the prevailing party was entitled to…