How a new ruling helps contractors — and how not to need it

Last week in K. Miller Construction Company v. McGinnis, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the appellate court and held that the Illinois Home Repair and Remodeling Act doesn't stop contractors from suing on oral contracts for home-repair work. That's the good news -- for contractors, anyway. But contactors should be using written contracts and otherwise complying with the Act to begin with, writes Michael P. Tomlinson in the latest ISBA GP&Solo newsletter.