VINES v. THE VILLAGE OF FLOSSMOOR

No. 1-16-3339.

2017 IL App (1st) 163339

SYLVIA VINES and SELLARS VINES, Individually and as Parents and Next Friends of Sellars Vines II, a Minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE VILLAGE OF FLOSSMOOR, a Municipal Corporation, and THE FLOSSMOOR LIBRARY, a Unit of Local Government, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing denied December 7, 2017.

Modified opinion filed December 12, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry R. Rogers, Jr. , of Power Rogers & Smith, LLP, of Chicago, for appellants.

Jon Yambert and Rebecca Fozo , of Chilton Yambert Porter, LLP, of Chicago, for appellee Village of Flossmoor.

Loretta M. Griffin , of Chicago, for other appellee.

Presiding Justice Neville and Justice Mason concurred in the judgment and opinion.


OPINION

¶ 1 A "deadline" is the date or time before which a task must be completed. When it comes to appellate court jurisdiction, missing a deadline can plunge an otherwise promising appeal into a nightmare. That is what has occurred here. The plaintiffs missed both...

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