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IN RE ILLINOIS BELL SWITCHING STATION LIT.

No. 1-89-0974.

596 N.E.2d 678 (1992)

173 Ill.Dec. 54

In re ILLINOIS BELL SWITCHING STATION LITIGATION.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce and Kubasiak, P.C., William J. Harte, Ltd., Chicago, DeTommaso & Berman, Oak Brook, Karla Wright, Ltd., Chicago (Edward T. Joyce, William J. Harte and Karla Wright, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago (Frank Cicero, Jr., P.C., J. Andrew Langan, Susan P. Jordan and Walter R. Lancaster, of counsel), for appellee.

Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs filed a complaint, framed as a class action representing customers of defendant Illinois Bell Telephone Company (Bell), against Bell, alleging economic damages as a result of a fire in Bell's Hinsdale, Illinois switching station which disrupted service for one month. Counts I and II of plaintiffs' complaint alleged violations of the Illinois Public Utilities Act (the Act), count III alleged common law willful...

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