BOROWIEC v. GATEWAY 2000, INC.

No. 94235.

808 N.E.2d 957 (2004)

209 Ill.2d 376

283 Ill.Dec. 669

Michael BOROWIEC et al., Appellees, v. GATEWAY 2000, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Adducci and Marshall L. Blankenship, of Adducci, Dorf, Lehner, Mitchell & Blankenship, P.C., Chicago, Mark R. Kravitz and Sandra Slack Glover, of Wiggin & Dana, L.L.P., New Haven Connecticut, for appellants.

Adam J. Krohn, of Krohn & Moss, Ltd., Andrew P. Lamis, Chicago, for appellees.

Howard L. Teplinsky, of Seidler & McErlean, Chicago, Robin S. Conrad, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Howard L. Teplinsky, of Seidler & McErlean, Chicago, Michael Petricone, Arlington, Virginia, for amicus curiae Consumer Electronics Association.

Dom J. Rizzi, Christopher B. Sanchez, of Miller, Faucher & Cafferty, L.L.P., Chicago, Kevin P. Roddy, of Hagens Berman, L.L.P., Los Angeles, California, for amicus curiae National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court of Cook County erred in denying the motion to dismiss or to compel arbitration filed by Gateway 2000, Inc. (Gateway), in each of three cases seeking, inter alia, damages for breach of express and implied warranties under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty—Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act (15 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq. (1994)), and violation...

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