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BENTON v. CITY OF GRANITE CITY

No. 5-15-0241.

2016 IL App (5th) 150241

RYNETTE BENTON, as Next Friend of Genevieve K. Southward, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE CITY OF GRANITE CITY, Defendant-Appellant, (Frontier Management, Inc., and Senior Alternatives, Inc., d/b/a The Fountains, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Decision filed March 4, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawn Kamadulski O'Leary , Eric W. Evans , Evans Blasi, 1512 Johnson Road, Granite City, IL 62040 Attorneys for Appellant.

Andrew M. Ramage , Daniel L. Hamilton , Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP, 205 South Fifth Street, Suite 700, Springfield, IL 62705-2459 (amicus curiae brief of Illinois Municipal League)

Janel L. Freeman , Edward W. Unsell , Fred Patrick Schuman, Unsell & Schuman, 69 South Ninth Street, East Alton, IL 62024 Attorneys for Appellee.

Justices Chapman and Cates concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

¶ 1 This cause comes before the court as an interlocutory appeal pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 308 (eff. Jan. 4, 2015). The circuit court of Madison County certified two questions after it denied the motion to dismiss (735 ILCS 5/2-619 (West 2014))...

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