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PEOPLE EX REL. SKINNER v. HELLMUTH, OBATA & KASSABAUM, INC.

Nos. 62418, 62422 cons.

114 Ill.2d 252 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 34

THE PEOPLE ex rel. SAMUEL K. SKINNER, Chairman of the Capital Development Board, Appellee, v. HELLMUTH, OBATA & KASSABAUM, INC., et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (D. Kendall Griffith and Joshua G. Vincent, of counsel), for appellant Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum.

Niew & Zitzka, of Oak Brook (Stanley E. Niew, of counsel), for appellants Miller-Davis Company and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company.

O'Halloran, Lively & Walker, of Northbrook (Paul T. Lively, of counsel), for appellant Thorleif Larsen & Son, Inc.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Arthur D. Nordenberg, Special Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellee.

Paul M. Lurie, Steven G.M. Stein, Mark C. Friedlander, and Barry D. Weiss, of Lurie, Sklar & Simon, Ltd., of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Council, American Institute of Architects, et al.

Charles E. Murphy, of Chicago (Murphy, Smith & Polk, of counsel), for amici curiae Builders' Association of Chicago, Inc., and Illinois Construction Industry Committee.

Richard S. Wisner and Paul Matthew Glavin, of Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, of Chicago (Robert Marc Chemers, of counsel), for amicus curiae Employers Insurance of Wausau.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, as chairman of the Capital Development Board (CDB), filed this action in the circuit court of Lake County against various defendants, alleging breach of an express contract, breach of an implied warranty of habitability, and negligence arising out of the allegedly faulty construction of a building at the...

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