GORDON v. BODEN

Nos. 1-90-3609, 1-90-3610.

586 N.E.2d 461 (1991)

224 Ill. App.3d 195

166 Ill.Dec. 503

Pat GORDON, Catherine Thomas, Sam Gordon, and Michelle Chroman, on behalf of herself as next friend for her minor children, Adam Chroman and Melissa Chroman, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Edward BODEN, Sr., Bodine's, Inc., Edward Boden, Jr., Roger J. Walsh, Jr., Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc., Certified Grocers Warehouse, Inc., and Treasure Island Foods, Inc., individually and as representatives of a class; and the Kroger Co., Defendants (Edward Boden, Sr., Bodine's Inc., and Edward Boden, Jr., Defendants-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago (Harold C. Wheeler, Kathleen M. Dillon, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Bodine's, Inc.

Righeimer Martin & Cinquino P.C., Chicago (David A. Martin, Sandra L. Hebenstreit, of counsel), for defendants-appellants, Edward Boden, Sr. and Edward Boden, Jr.

Daniel A. Edelman, Lawrence Walner & Associates, Ltd., Chicago (Lawrence Walner, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.


Justice LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Pat Gordon, Sam Gordon, Catherine Thomas, and other named plaintiffs brought a class action in the circuit court of Cook County. Plaintiffs represent a nationwide class of consumers who bought adulterated orange juice products that were processed by defendant Bodine's, Inc. Bodine's corporate officers were defendants Edward Boden, Sr., and Edward Boden, Jr.

The trial court granted plaintiffs' motion...

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