VERB v. MOTOROLA, INC.

No. 1-93-3248.

672 N.E.2d 1287 (1996)

284 Ill. App.3d 460

220 Ill.Dec. 275

Robert VERB, Leonard Abrams, Kirby Claire, Michael Vogenthaler, Bridgette Vogenthaler, Gary Shulman, Timothy Gianous and Glenn Miller, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MOTOROLA, INC., Mitsubishi Electronic Corp., Nokia Mobile Phones, Inc., Audiovox Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, Panasonic Communications and Systems Company, a Division of Matsushita Electronic Corporation of America, OKI Electric Industry Company, Ltd. and Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc., d/b/a CellularOne, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1996.

Modified Opinion November 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holstein, Mack & Klein (Robert A. Holstein, Bruce J. Goodhart, Aron D. Robinson, Ben Barnow, Larry D. Drury, of counsel); Barnow & Hefty (Ben Barnow, of counsel); Larry D. Drury, Ltd. (Larry D. Drury, of counsel), Chicago, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Kirkland & Ellis (Brian D. Sieve, Garrett B. Johnson, of counsel); Baker & McKenzie (John T. Coleman, Michael A. Pollard, of counsel), Chicago, Gilbert, Segall & Young (Bernard J. Rosenthal, of counsel), New York City; Jenner & Block (Barry Levenstam, of counsel); Lord, Bissell & Brook (Michael P. Comisky, of counsel); McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug (Robert P. Pisani, of counsel); Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. (Donald Segal, of counsel); Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon (Sarah L. Olson, of counsel), Chicago, for Defendants-Appellees.


Justice BURKE delivered the modified opinion of the court upon denial of rehearing:

Plaintiffs Robert Verb and others similarly situated, who purchased cellular telephones from defendants Motorola and other similar companies, appeal from an order of the circuit court dismissing their second amended complaint against defendants pursuant to section 2-615 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2-615) (West 1992) and their class allegations pursuant...

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