PEPPER CONST. CO. v. PALMOLIVE TOWER CONDO.

No. 1-20-0753.

194 N.E.3d 991 (2021)

457 Ill.Dec. 206

2021 IL App (1st) 200753

PEPPER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Plaintiff and Counterdefendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. PALMOLIVE TOWER CONDOMINIUMS, LLC; ABN AMRO Mortgage Corporation, Inc.; Alzenstein, Neal; Almeida, Jill F.; Almeida, Richard J.; American Brokers Conduit, f/k/a American Home Mortgage Co.; Anning-Johnson Co.; Antares Iron and Copper, Inc.; Asher Brothers Company, Inc., ATG Trust Company, as Trustee of Trust Agreement No. 10261 Dated 7/25/2006; Ballas, Peter G., as Trustee of the Peter G. Ballas Revocable Trust Dated 5/23/2003; Bank of America; Bank United FSB; Barrett, Marilyn E.; Barry, Marcella; Barry, Robert; Barry Thomas Plumbing, Inc.; Barsanti Woodwork Corporation; Bergdahl, Linda J.; Berglund Construction; Bernhard Woodworks, Ltd.; Big Beaver and Crooks, Ltd., LLC; Birkel, Martin P.; Blazer, Judith E. and Henry E. Fuldner, as Trustees of the Judith E. Blazer Living Trust, Dated 10/21/1996; Booth, Laurence; Booth, Patricia; Bourbon Tile and Marble, Inc.; Boysen, Rowena; Break Thru Enterprises, Inc.; Buckley, Mortimer; Burkard, Jeffrey; Bynoe, Linda Walker; Bynoe, Peter; Cabrera, Maria; Calkins, Catherine B.; Calkins III, Russell W.; Camino Modular Systems USA, Inc.; Capitol Glass; Charles Schwab Bank; Chicago Bancorp Inc.; Chicago Financial Services, Inc.; Chicago Title and Trust, Co.; Citibank; Citi Mortgage, Inc.; Colco Services, Inc.; Cole Taylor Bank; Column Financial, Inc.; Combs, Mark E.; Connaughton, James T.; Connellan, John; Countrywide Home Loan; Creative Industries Terrazzo; Custom Stainless; Daw, James F.; Delaney, Madeleine; Deleers Millwork Inc.; Deleeuw, Debra Anne Sylvan; Deleeuw, Robert; Demirjian, Charles; Dimauro, Alexander; Douglas Iron Works, Inc.; DP 159e. Walton, LLC, R.A.; Draper and Kramer Mortgage; Earhart, Barrie, as Trustee of the Barrie M. Earhart Revocable Trust Dated 2/24/2003; Elsman, Cynthia; Elsman Jr, James L.; Elsman III, James L.; Elsman, Janice M.; Eztech Manufacturing, Inc.; Feeney, Louise; First Franklin; First Midwest Bank; Flooring Resources Corporation; The Gaslight Companies; Georges, Christos; Georges, Maria; Georgis, Mary Lou; Germont, Joy; Glaros, Willis H.; Glickman, Ross B.; Glickman, Suzanne A.; Grand Appliance and TV; Grunberg, Ted; Gurtz Electric Company; Harris Na; Hawkins, James B.; Hawkins, Mary Pat; Henkel, Frances C.; Henkel, Michael C.; Hill Mechanical Corporation; Hourihane, Kristina K.; Hourihane, Patrick D.; International Marble and Granite Supply, Inc.; J. Kapcheck and Company; John Caretti and Company; Johnstone, Lisa A.; Johnstone, Michael B.; Jones, Herbert A.; Jones, Kimberly M.; JP Morgan Chase Bank; K7K Iron Works, Inc.; Kehoe, Thomas G.; Laforce Hardware and Manufacturing Company/Wisconsin; Gregory J. Landis, as Trustee of the Gregory J. Landis Declaration of Trust Dated 9/14/1998; Lecoque, Jay K.; Lilie, Harold J.; Loeffler, Kelly L.; Loomis, Brian S.; Lyn-Den, Inc.; Makam, Padmini S.; Makam, Satyaprakash N.; Manson, Julie N.; Aria Mazer Living Trust, Dated 9/23/2005; Rick Mazer Living Trust, Dated 9/23/2005; Mazer Construction Company;, McGrath, Kristina; McGrath, Michael; Menendez, Alicia S.; Midwest Woodwork and Veneering, Inc.; Miller, Susan H.; MK Industries, Inc.; Moore, Helen; Moore, Wayne; Mortgage Electronic Registration; Murad, Nadia; MABS Investments, LLC, R.A.; National City Mortgage; National Electrical Benefit Fund; Nayer, Rajeev; Nayer, Ritu; Northstar Fire Protection; Marla Nyberg Declaration of Trust, Dated 12/1/1998; Oak Brook Bank; O'Connell, Cormac; Palmolive Building Base, LLC; Park National Bank; Pappas, Nicholas J.; Parenti and Rafaelli Ltd.; Pedersen, Myrna E.; Frank S. Perry, as Trustee of the Frank S. Perry Trust Dated 1/17/2002; Pimentel, George B.; Pimentel, Zana; Poliform, Prince; Cynthia Prochnow, Douglas L.; Rampy Resnick, Nancy; Resnick, Phillip; Rosen, Brian; Ross, Maria; Ross, Richard; Rozran, Dawn F.; Rozran, Jack L.; Rubenstein, Marc A.; Beth S. Rubin Revocable Trust 3/7/2007; Ines Morroni Sardo, Trustee of the Ines Morroni Sardo Trust, Dated 12/17/2004; Shimer, Robert J.; Showerworks; Shutter, Jennifer M.; Shutter, Jon D.; Marcy Simon, as Trustee of the Marcy Simon Trust, Dated 9/19/1999; Spech, Larry; Sprecher, Jeffrey C.; Stevenson, Chase; Stevenson, John; Stewart, Jay S.; Stewart, Judith D.; Stringfellow, James; The Northern Trust Company of Illinois; The Private Bank Mortgage Company; Tidy International; Tirapelli, Ronald; Travers, Suzanne; Trinity Roofing Services, Inc.; The VAV2005 Trust, Dated 8/8/2005; Vorwaller, Ava M.; Vorwaller, Gregory S.; Wallack, Lewis; Washington Mutual Bank; Weaver, Amy J.; Weaver, Richard G.; Wells Fargo Bank; Weiner, Barbara A.; Willmot, Peter S.; Wittenmyer, Eric; Woodfield Planning Corporation; Nonrecord Claimants; and Bourbon Marble, Inc., Defendants (Bourbon Marble, Inc., Defendant and Counterplaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, SIXTH DIVISION.

Rehearing Denied October 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gino L. DiVito , John M. Fitzgerald , Jordan E. Wilkow , and Jonathan S. Kim , of Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC, of Chicago, and Bruce W. Ficken (pro hac vice) and James M. Kwartnik (pro hac vice), of Cozen O'Connor, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for appellant.

Ethan E. Trull , Keith E. Edeus , Seth A. Horvath , and Elizabeth Z. Meraz , of Nixon Peabody LLP, of Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 This appeal concerns a dispute between a general contractor for a construction project, Pepper Construction Company (Pepper), and one of its subcontractors, Bourbon Marble, Inc. (Bourbon). Beginning in 2004...

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