Legal Opinion
Hytel Group, Inc. v. Butler
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 20, 2010No. 2-09-1003PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schostok
The plaintiff, Hytel Group, Inc., filed suit against a former employee, the defendant, Michelle Butler, on December 15, 2008, alleging that she breached fiduciary duties and made fraudulent misrepresentations. Butler filed two motions to dismiss the complaint, one based on section 2 — 615 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615 (West 2008)) and the other premised on the Citizen Participation Act (Act) (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2008)), which provides a procedure for early-stage dismissals of certain claims and the opportunity to recover attorney fees expended in defending…
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