(DOWNLOAD) "Midland Hotel Corp. v. R.H. Donnelley Corp." by Illinois Appellate Court ? First District (2Nd Division) Affirmed in Part and Remanded in Part ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Midland Hotel Corp. v. R.H. Donnelley Corp.
- Author : Illinois Appellate Court ? First District (2Nd Division) Affirmed in Part and Remanded in Part
- Release Date : January 23, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 81 KB
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Defendant, The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, appeals from a $500,000 verdict and judgment rendered against it in a breach of oral-contract action brought by plaintiff, Midland Hotel Corporation. The award was based on plaintiff's asserted loss of profits caused by defendant's failure to include it under the ""Hotels"" listing of its 1981 Visitors Guide. Defendant issued its first Chicago Visitors Guide and Downtown Directory in July 1981. The Guide was designed for tourists and business travelers and was divided into two sections, the first containing information regarding dining, shopping, entertainment, lodging, and points of interest, together with maps of the city, and the second, similar to the well-known ""Yellow Pages,"" containing telephone listings of businesses in the downtown area from Roosevelt Road to Oak Street and as far west as Clinton Street. Defendant intended to earn money from the Guide through paid advertising, with ad rates directly proportional to the breadth of distribution. In its brochure to prospective advertisers, defendant described its distribution as 160,000 copies, with half of them going to hotels. Defendant distributed the Guide by (1) hiring its own distributors, (2) entering into contracts with downtown hotels for placement through their concierges and in-room replacement by maid services, and (3) providing copies to the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau.
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