REUBEN H. DONNELLEY CORP. v. EARLES

No. 1-93-2111.

643 N.E.2d 1329 (1994)

268 Ill. App.3d 263

205 Ill.Dec. 722

REUBEN H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lucius C. EARLES, III, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

November 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah King, Chicago, for appellant.

Jack H. Rottner and Jerome B. Meites, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, for appellee.


Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Lucius Earles, appeals from an order entering a default judgment against him and waiving his jury demand. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff, Reuben Donnelley Corporation (Donnelley), filed a complaint for breach of contract against Earles in June 1987. Earles filed an appearance, answer, and jury demand. The case was given a priority trial date of March 17, 1993. Donnelley's attorney, a witness for...

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