PEOPLE EX REL. HARTIGAN v. LANN

No. 1-90-2800.

587 N.E.2d 521 (1992)

225 Ill. App.3d 236

167 Ill.Dec. 252

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, ex rel. Neil F. HARTIGAN, Attorney General of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James LANN, individually, and doing business as Lann Industries of Illinois, doing business as Hammer Construction, and doing business as Midway Construction Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

January 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen., Chicago (Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Allan W. Masters, Chicago (Mary Ellen Dienes, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.


Justice McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (137 Ill.2d R. 308), this interlocutory appeal requires us to consider the following question certified by the circuit court of Cook County:

"whether, for purposes of discovery, individual consumers [may] be considered party plaintiffs rather than occurrence witnesses in suits brought by the Attorney General in the public interest when the Attorney General seeks restitution...

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