ABELLAN v. LAVELO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC

No. 18-3695.

948 F.3d 820 (2020)

Ricardo H. ABELLAN, TRUSTEE OF the ABELLAN FAMILY TRUST, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAVELO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. LeMay , Jaime M. DeWees , Attorneys, KANE RUSSELL COLEMAN LOGAN PC, Dallas, TX, Charles R. Schmadeke , Attorney, HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James R. Branit , Attorney, LITCHFIELD CAVO LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Bauer and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


A New York owner of a fast-food property in Illinois, which was rented by an Arizona tenant, sold the property to buyers in California. Just after the sale, however, the tenant declared bankruptcy and never paid a nickel in rent to its new landlord.

This lawsuit followed. A jury found the purchase agreement rescindable...

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