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LAWLESS v. VILLAGE OF PARK FOREST SOUTH

No. 81-2486.

108 Ill. App.3d 191 (1982)

438 N.E.2d 1299

LAWRENCE LAWLESS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE VILLAGE OF PARK FOREST SOUTH et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed on rehearing July 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge, Kurnik & Knight, Ltd., of Park Ridge, for appellants.

Lawrence Lawless, of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

A conflict between the general venue provision and a specific venue provision is presented by this interlocutory appeal. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, pars. 2-101, 2-103(a).)1 We hold that the general provision must prevail in order to prevent a chaotic multiplicity of litigation.

Plaintiff Lawrence Lawless, a resident of Will County, filed a complaint...

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