Jordan V. Knafel

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CASE BRIEF Jordan v. Knafel 219 (III. Ct. App. 2007) Facts Knafel and Michael Jordan began having unprotected sex beginning in 1989 till 1990. In 1991 Knafel “was convinced that she was carrying Jordan’s baby”. To keep Jordan out of a big mess because Jordan was married at the time Knafel said she was pregnant, Jordan offered to pay her 5 million dollars once he retired from the NBA in return for her agreement not to file a paternity suit against him. As well as keep their romantic life confidential. After the baby was born a physician collected samples of both Jordans blood and Knafels. The blood test confirmed that Jordan was not the father of the baby and that the guy who Knafel had told Jordan she was also having sex with was the father. Jordan retired in 1993 but came back to the league in 1995, no contract was made between Knafel and Jordan after his first retirement. It was not until his second announcement that came in 1998 that Knafel contacted him. She reminded him about their agreement to pay her the 5 million dollars. After Jordan retired he failed to pay Knafel alleging that she was trying to extort 5 million dollars from him. Procedure Jordan filed for a declaratory judgement alleging that Knafel was attemting to extort 5 million dollars from him and even if there was an agreement made it was undenforcable because of fraud and mutual mistake. Knafel filed a co * The trial court dismissed Jordan’s complaint and also dismissed Knafel’s counterclaim and both parties appealed. The Illinois Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings. Jordan filed an amended complaint and motion for summary judgment on Knafel’s counterclaim * After a hearing the trial court granted Jordan’s motion for summary judgment and Knafel

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