Villaverde v. IP Acquisition VIII, LLC

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Fraudulent Transfer Act
Citation
Case Number: 
2015 IL App (1st) 143187
Decision Date: 
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 3d Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
HYMAN
Defendant won $166,000 judgment for unpaid wages against his former employer; during litigation, creditors conducted foreclosure sale and acquired company's intellectual property, preventing Defendant from collecting his judgment. Court properly entered summary judgment for Defendants, as no exception to doctrine of corporate successor nonliability applies. Defendant did not show that foreclosure transaction was a fraud, under the Illinois Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, to avoid paying his judgment.(LAVIN and MASON, concurring.)