BARLIANT v. HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH, INC.

No. 76-1354.

56 Ill. App.3d 974 (1978)

372 N.E.2d 861

DONALD E. BARLIANT, d/b/a Mayuba Book Stores, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed January 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl D. Yaffe, of Yaffe, Mark and Barliant, of Chicago, for appellant.

Frank F. Fowle, Thomas D. Nyhan, and Thomas E. Buess, all of Pope, Ballard, Shepard & Fowle, of Chicago, for appellee.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE McGLOON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Donald E. Barliant, filed a class action on behalf of himself and other booksellers who purchased books from defendant Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., a publisher. Plaintiff alleged that defendant improperly assessed a hidden charge for insurance upon its mail-order customers as a part of an item labeled "Handling Charges." The...

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