PEOPLES GAS LIGHT v. JOEL KENNEDY CONSTR.

Nos. 1-03-1449, 1-03-2799, 1-03-3718.

829 N.E.2d 866 (2005)

357 Ill. App.3d 579

293 Ill.Dec. 941

PEOPLES GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Counterdefendant-Appellant, v. JOEL KENNEDY CONSTRUCTING CORPORATION, and G & V Construction Company, Inc., Defendants and Counterplaintiffs-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

May 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joann T. Angarola, of McGuire Woods LLP, Chicago, for Appellant.

Joseph P. Buell and H. Elisabeth Huber, of Law Office of Joseph P. Buell; David C. Van Dyke and Brian A. Schroeder, of Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, LLP; and Michele H. Harland, of David A. Izzo & Assoc., Chicago, for Appellees.


Presiding Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

We are asked to decide whether negligence and trespass claims that arise out of the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act (Act) (220 ILCS 50/1 et seq. (West 1998)) are superseded by section 11 of the Act and subject to the two-year statute of limitations found in section 12 of the Act (220 ILCS 50/11, 12 (West 1998)). We conclude that the two-year statute of limitations applies...

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