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ILLINOIS CIVIL LITIGATION GUIDE SOLOVY BYMAN LEVENSTAM SUSKIN LAZAR ILLINOIS PRACTICE SERIES Vol. 4A 2009-2010 SOLOVY • BYMAN • LEVENSTAM SUSKIN • LAZAR 2009-2010 ILLINOIS PRACTICE SERIES Vol. 4A ILLINOIS CIVIL LITIGATION GUIDE

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ILPSICLG0910v4Apb.ai 9/15/09 stk ROCHESTER SPECIALTY COMPOSITION

Part I. Introduction

Index

Table of Cases

Table of Laws and Rules

Part VII. Special Actions

Part VI. Enforcement of Judgments

Part V. Jury Verdicts, Post-Trial Proceedings, and Judgments

Part IV. Trial

Part III. Pre-Trial Procedures

Part II. Pleadings

ILLINOISPRACTICESERIES™

Vol. 4A

2009-2010

SOLOVY • BYMAN • LEVENSTAMSUSKIN • LAZAR

2009-2010

ILLINOIS PRACTICESERIES™

Vol. 4A

ILLINOIS CIVIL LITIGATION GUIDE

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Table of ContentsPART I INTRODUCTION§ 1:1 Act to Be Liberally Construed (735 ILCS 5/1-106) . . . . . . . 1

PART II PLEADINGS

A JURISDICTION AND VENUE§ 2:1 Generally (735 ILCS 5/2-101) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4§ 2:2 Residence of Corporations, Voluntary Unincorporated

Associations and Partnerships De�ned (735 ILCS5/2-102) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

§ 2:3 Public Corporations—Local Actions—Libel—InsuranceCompanies (735 ILCS 5/2-103) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

§ 2:4 Wrong Venue—Waiver—Motion to Transfer (735 ILCS5/2-104) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

§ 2:5 Defendants in Di�erent Counties—Review (735 ILCS5/2-105) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

§ 2:6 Transfer (735 ILCS 5/2-106) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15§ 2:7 Costs and Expenses of Transfer (735 ILCS 5/2-107) . . . . . . 16§ 2:8 Place of Trial (735 ILCS 5/2-108) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17§ 2:9 Malicious Prosecution—Medical Malpractice (735 ILCS

5/2-109) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17§ 2:10 Substitution of Judge (735 ILCS 5/2-1001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18§ 2:11 Change of Venue (735 ILCS 5/2-1001.5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22§ 2:12 Motions on Grounds of Forum Non Conveniens

(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 187) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24§ 2:13 O�ces for Filing of Cases (Cook County General

Order 1.4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

B PROCESS AND APPEARANCE§ 2:14 Commencement of Actions—Forms of Process (735

ILCS 5/2-201) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28§ 2:15 Persons Authorized to Serve Process; Place of Service;

Failure to Make Return (735 ILCS 5/2-202). . . . . . . . . . . . . 29§ 2:16 Service on Individuals (735 ILCS 5/2-203). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33§ 2:17 Service by Special Order of Court (735 ILCS

5/2-203.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37§ 2:18 Service on Private Corporations (735 ILCS 5/2-204) . . . 37§ 2:19 Service on Partnership and Partners (735 ILCS

5/2-205) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40§ 2:20 Service on Voluntary Unincorporated Associations

(735 ILCS 5/2-205.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41§ 2:21 Service by Publication—A�davit—Mailing—

Certi�cate (735 ILCS 5/2-206). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42§ 2:22 Period of Publication—Default (735 ILCS 5/2-207) . . . . . 44§ 2:23 Personal Service Outside State (735 ILCS 5/2-208) . . . . 45

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§ 2:24 Act Submitting to Jurisdiction—Process (735 ILCS5/2-209) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

§ 2:25 Actions by and Against Voluntary Associations (735ILCS 5/2-209.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

§ 2:26 Aircraft and Watercraft (735 ILCS 5/2-210) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59§ 2:27 Service on Public, Municipal, Governmental and

Quasi-Municipal Corporations (735 ILCS 5/2-211) . . . . . 62§ 2:28 Service on Trustee of Corporation or Receiver (735

ILCS 5/2-212) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63§ 2:29 Waiver of Service (735 ILCS 5/2-213) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63§ 2:30 Objections to Jurisdiction Over the Person (735 ILCS

5/2-301) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65§ 2:31 Summons and Original Process—Form and Issuance

(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 101) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67§ 2:32 Service of Summons and Complaint—Return (Illinois

Supreme Court Rule 102). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73§ 2:33 Alias Summons—Dismissal for Lack of Diligence

(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 103) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76§ 2:34 Service of Pleadings and Other Papers; Filing (Illinois

Supreme Court Rule 104). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79§ 2:35 Additional Relief Against Parties in Default—Notice

(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 105) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81§ 2:36 Notice of Petitions Filed for Relief From, or Revival

of, Judgments (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 106). . . . . . . 84§ 2:37 Explanation of Rights of Heirs and Legatees When

Will Admitted or Denied Probate (Illinois SupremeCourt Rule 108) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

§ 2:38 Explanation of Rights in Independent Administration;Form of Petition to Terminate (Illinois Supreme CourtRule 110) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

§ 2:39 Appearances—Answers—Motions (Illinois SupremeCourt Rule 181) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

§ 2:40 Notice and Form (Circuit Court of Cook County Rule1.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

§ 2:41 Appearances (Circuit Court of Cook County Rule 1.2) . 97§ 2:42 Appearance Fees (Circuit Court of Cook County Rule

1.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98§ 2:43 Appearance and Withdrawal of Attorneys (Circuit

Court of Cook County Rule 1.4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99§ 2:44 Form of Summons in Small Claims (Circuit Court of

Cook County Rule 1.6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101§ 2:45 Form of Summons in Ordinance Enforcement

Procedures in Chancery (Circuit Court of CookCounty Rule 1.7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

C PARTIES§ 2:46 Designation of Parties—Misnomer (735 ILCS

5/2-401) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102§ 2:47 Respondents in Discovery (735 ILCS 5/2-402). . . . . . . . . . . 104

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§ 2:48 Who May Be Plainti�—Assignments—Subrogation(735 ILCS 5/2-403). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

§ 2:49 Joinder of Plainti�s (735 ILCS 5/2-404) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109§ 2:50 Joinder of Defendants (735 ILCS 5/2-405) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111§ 2:51 Bringing in New Parties—Third-Party Proceedings

(735 ILCS 5/2-406). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113§ 2:52 Nonjoinder and Misjoinder of Parties—Change of

Parties (735 ILCS 5/2-407) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115§ 2:53 Intervention (735 ILCS 5/2-408) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116§ 2:54 Interpleader (735 ILCS 5/2-409) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119§ 2:55 Actions Against Joint Debtors or Partners (735 ILCS

5/2-410) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120§ 2:56 Actions by or Against Partnerships (735 ILCS

5/2-411) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121§ 2:57 Saving Clause as to Change of Parties (735 ILCS

5/2-412) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122§ 2:58 Unknown Parties (735 ILCS 5/2-413) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123§ 2:59 Joint or Consolidated A�davits—Validation of

Judgments (735 ILCS 5/2-414) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125§ 2:60 Appointment of and Actions Against Receivers (735

ILCS 5/2-415) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125§ 2:61 Representation of Corporations in Small Claims (735

ILCS 5/2-416) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128§ 2:62 Actions Under Illinois Educational Labor Relations

Act (735 ILCS 5/2-417) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

D FORM OF PLEADINGS§ 2:63 Form of Papers (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 131) . . . . . 129§ 2:64 Designation of Cases (Illinois Supreme Court Rule

132). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130§ 2:65 Substance of Pleadings (735 ILCS 5/2-601). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131§ 2:66 Designation and Order of Pleadings (735 ILCS

5/2-602) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132§ 2:67 Form of Pleadings (735 ILCS 5/2-603) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133§ 2:68 Prayer for Relief (735 ILCS 5/2-604) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135§ 2:69 Veri�cation of Pleadings (735 ILCS 5/2-605) . . . . . . . . . . . . 137§ 2:70 Exhibits (735 ILCS 5/2-606) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138§ 2:71 Veri�cation by Certi�cation (735 ILCS 5/1-109) . . . . . . . . 140§ 2:72 Counterclaims (735 ILCS 5/2-608). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141§ 2:73 Supplemental Pleadings (735 ILCS 5/2-609) . . . . . . . . . . . . 143§ 2:74 Pleadings to Be Speci�c (735 ILCS 5/2-610). . . . . . . . . . . . . 144§ 2:75 Pleading Breach of Statutory Duty—Judgment or

Order—Breach of Condition Precedent (IllinoisSupreme Court Rule 133). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

§ 2:76 Incorporation of Pleadings by Reference (IllinoisSupreme Court Rule 134). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

§ 2:77 Separate Counts and Defenses (735 ILCS 5/2-613) . . . . . 147§ 2:78 Joinder of Causes of Action and Use of Counterclaims

(735 ILCS 5/2-614). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

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§ 2:79 Pleading Equitable Matters (Illinois Supreme CourtRule 135) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

§ 2:80 Seeking Wrong Remedy Not Fatal (735 ILCS 5/2-617). 152§ 2:81 Lost Pleadings (735 ILCS 5/2-618) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153§ 2:82 Denials (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 136) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153§ 2:83 Signing of Pleadings, Motions and Other Papers—

Sanctions (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 137). . . . . . . . . . . . 154

PART III PRE-TRIAL PROCEDURES

A ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS§ 3:1 Consolidation and Severance of Cases (735 ILCS

5/2-1006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159§ 3:2 Time for Pleadings and Motions Other than those

Directed to Complaint (Illinois Supreme Court Rule182). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

§ 3:3 Manner of Serving Papers Other Than Process andComplaint on Parties Not in Default in the Trial andReviewing Courts (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 11). . . . 164

§ 3:4 Proof of Service in the Trial and Reviewing Courts;E�ective Date of Service (Illinois Supreme Court Rule12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

§ 3:5 Appearances—Time to Plead—Withdrawal (IllinoisSupreme Court Rule 13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

§ 3:6 Extensions of Time (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 183) . . . 169§ 3:7 Extension of Time and Continuances (735 ILCS

5/2-1007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170§ 3:8 Hearings on Motions (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 184) . 174§ 3:9 Telephone Conferences (Illinois Supreme Court Rule

185). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175§ 3:10 Chancery Set Matters (Circuit Court of Cook County

Rule 7.2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175§ 3:11 Ex Parte Communications Prohibited (Circuit Court

of Cook County Rule 17.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175§ 3:12 Procedure (Circuit Court of Cook County Rule 17.2) . . . 176§ 3:13 Communications Between Judge and Court Personnel

(Circuit Court of Cook County Rule 17.3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177§ 3:14 Consent (Circuit Court of Cook County Rule 17.4) . . . . . 177§ 3:15 Notice of Trial Calls (Circuit Court of Cook County

Rule 5.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178§ 3:16 Preference in Setting for Trial (735 ILCS 5/2-1007.1) . . 178§ 3:17 Motions for Continuance (Illinois Supreme Court Rule

231). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179§ 3:18 Continuances (Circuit Court of Cook County Rule

5.2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182§ 3:19 Abatement; Change of Interest or Liability;

Substitution of Parties (735 ILCS 5/2-1008). . . . . . . . . . . . . 182§ 3:20 Voluntary Dismissal (735 ILCS 5/2-1009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188§ 3:21 E�ect of Involuntary Dismissal (Illinois Supreme

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Court Rule 273) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188§ 3:22 Orders on Motions (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 271) . 190§ 3:23 Notice of Claim of Unconstitutionality (Illinois

Supreme Court Rule 19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191§ 3:24 Language Interpreter (735 ILCS 5/8-1401) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192§ 3:25 Accommodation for Hearing Disability (735 ILCS

5/8-1402) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193§ 3:26 Deposits With Court (735 ILCS 5/2-1011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

B MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PLEADINGS§ 3:27 Insu�cient Pleadings (735 ILCS 5/2-612) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196§ 3:28 Motions With Respect to Pleadings (735 ILCS

5/2-615) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198§ 3:29 Involuntary Dismissal Based Upon Certain Defects or

Defenses (735 ILCS 5/2-619) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207§ 3:30 Combined Motions (735 ILCS 5/2-619.1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215§ 3:31 Practice on Motions (735 ILCS 5/2-620) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216§ 3:32 Bills of Particulars (735 ILCS 5/2-607). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217§ 3:33 Summary Judgments (735 ILCS 5/2-1005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219§ 3:34 Proceedings Under Sections 2-1005, 2-619 and

2-301(b) of the Code of Civil Procedure (IllinoisSupreme Court Rule 191). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

§ 3:35 Summary Judgments—Multiple Issues (IllinoisSupreme Court Rule 192). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

§ 3:36 Notice of Hearing of Motions (Cook County CircuitCourt Rule 2.1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

§ 3:37 Emergency and Ex Parte Motions Where Notice isNot Required (Cook County Circuit Court Rule 2.2) . . . 235

§ 3:38 Failure to Call Motions for Hearing (Cook CountyCircuit Court Rule 2.3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

C DISCOVERY§ 3:39 General Discovery Provisions (Illinois Supreme Court

Rule 201) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237§ 3:40 Discovery and Depositions (735 ILCS 5/2-1003) . . . . . . . . 249§ 3:41 Purposes for Which Depositions May Be Taken in a

Pending Action (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 202) . . . . . 254§ 3:42 Where Depositions May Be Taken (Illinois Supreme

Court Rule 203) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255§ 3:43 Compelling Appearance of Deponent (Illinois Supreme

Court Rule 204) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257§ 3:44 Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken

(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 205) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261§ 3:45 Method of Taking Depositions on Oral Examination

(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 206) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262§ 3:46 Days for Taking Depositions (Cook County Circuit

Court Rule 3.2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269§ 3:47 Signing and Filing Depositions (Illinois Supreme

Court Rule 207) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

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§ 3:48 Fees and Charges—Copies (Illinois Supreme CourtRule 208) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

§ 3:49 Failure to Attend or Serve Subpoena—Expenses(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 209) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

§ 3:50 Depositions on Written Questions (Illinois SupremeCourt Rule 210) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

§ 3:51 E�ect of Errors and Irregularities in Depositions—Objections (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 211) . . . . . . . . . . . 277

§ 3:52 Use of Depositions (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 212) . 280§ 3:53 Written Interrogatories to Parties (Illinois Supreme

Court Rule 213) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284§ 3:54 Discovery of Documents, Objects and Tangible

Things—Inspection of Real Estate (Illinois SupremeCourt Rule 214) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

§ 3:55 Physical and Mental Examination of Parties andOther Persons (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 215) . . . . . . 293

§ 3:56 Admission of Fact or of Genuineness of Documents(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 216) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

§ 3:57 Examination of Records (735 ILCS 5/8-2001) . . . . . . . . . . . 298§ 3:58 Application of 5/8-2001 (735 ILCS 5/8-2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . 301§ 3:59 Physician's and Other Healthcare Practitioner's

Records (735 ILCS 5/8-2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302§ 3:60 Attorney's Records (735 ILCS 5/8-2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303§ 3:61 Copying Fees (735 ILCS 5/8-2006). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304§ 3:62 Consequences of Refusal to Comply With Rules or

Order Relating to Discovery or Pretrial Conferences(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 219) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

§ 3:63 Written Discovery (Cook County Circuit Court Rule3.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

§ 3:64 Termination of Discovery (Cook County Circuit CourtRule 3.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

§ 3:65 Perpetuation of Testimony (735 ILCS 5/8-2301) . . . . . . . . 315§ 3:66 Depositions for the Purpose of Perpetuating

Testimony (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 217) . . . . . . . . . . . 316§ 3:67 Expert Witnesses (Former Illinois Supreme Court

Rule 220) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319§ 3:68 Pretrial Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-1004). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320§ 3:69 Pretrial Procedure (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 218) . 320§ 3:70 Pretrial Memorandum (Cook County Circuit Court

Rule 4.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

PART IV TRIAL

A JURY/VOIR DIRE/JURY INSTRUCTIONS§ 4:1 Trial of Equitable and Legal Matters (Illinois Supreme

Court Rule 232) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326§ 4:2 Jury Demand (735 ILCS 5/2-1105) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327§ 4:3 Assessment of Damages (735 ILCS 5/2-1206). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330§ 4:4 Voir Dire Examination of Jurors and Cautionary

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Instructions (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 234) . . . . . . . . . 331§ 4:5 Interrogation of Jurors (Cook County Circuit Court Rule

5.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333§ 4:6 Challenge for Cause (735 ILCS 5/2-1105.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333§ 4:7 Peremptory Challenges—Alternate Jurors (735 ILCS

5/2-1106) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334§ 4:8 Instructions (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 239) . . . . . . . . . . . 336§ 4:9 Instructing the Jury—Taking Instructions and Papers

to the Jury Room (735 ILCS 5/2-1107) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341§ 4:10 Jury Instruction in Tort Actions (735 ILCS

5/2-1107.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344§ 4:11 Verdict—Special Interrogatories (735 ILCS 5/2-1108). . 345§ 4:12 Itemized Verdicts (735 ILCS 5/2-1109). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346§ 4:13 Juries in Cases Seeking Equitable Relief (735 ILCS

5/2-1111) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

B ORDER OF PROOF/OPENING ARGUMENTS§ 4:14 Parties' Order of Proceeding (Illinois Supreme Court

Rule 233) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348§ 4:15 Opening Statements (Illinois Supreme Court Rule

235). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

C PRODUCTION OF WITNESSES AND DOCUMENTS ATTRIAL§ 4:16 Subpoenas (735 ILCS 5/2-1101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350§ 4:17 Compelling Appearances of Witnesses at Trial

(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 237) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352§ 4:18 A�davits (735 ILCS 5/2-1103) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356§ 4:19 Party Need Not Submit to Lie Detector (735 ILCS

5/2-1104) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357§ 4:20 Production of Books and Writings (735 ILCS 5/8-402) . 358§ 4:21 Broadcast or Televised Testimony (735 ILCS 5/8-701) . 359

D EVIDENCE

1 ADMISSIBILITY OF TESTIMONY§ 4:22 Oral Testimony in Actions Seeking Equitable Relief

(735 ILCS 5/2-1112) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360§ 4:23 Interested Witness (735 ILCS 5/8-101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362§ 4:24 Examination of Adverse Witnesses (735 ILCS

5/2-1102) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363§ 4:25 Impeachment; Hostile Witnesses (Illinois Supreme

Court Rule 238) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365§ 4:26 Dead-Man's Act (735 ILCS 5/8-201) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367§ 4:27 Surviving Partner or Joint-Contractor (735 ILCS

5/8-301) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371§ 4:28 Out-of-Court Statements Made by Minors (735 ILCS

5/8-2601) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373§ 4:29 Release or Assignment (735 ILCS 5/8-501) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

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2 ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE§ 4:30 Admission of Business Records in Evidence (Illinois

Supreme Court Rule 236). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377§ 4:31 Account Books and Records (735 ILCS 5/8-401) . . . . . . . . . 380§ 4:32 Uniform Proof of Statutes Act (735 ILCS 5/8-1101

Through 5/8-1103) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382§ 4:33 Printed Statutes (735 ILCS 5/8-1104) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383§ 4:34 Foreign Statutes (735 ILCS 5/8-1105) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383§ 4:35 Reports of Courts (735 ILCS 5/8-1106) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384§ 4:36 Printed Copies (735 ILCS 5/8-1201) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385§ 4:37 Court Records (735 ILCS 5/8-1202) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386§ 4:38 Municipal Records (735 ILCS 5/8-1203) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387§ 4:39 Corporate Records (735 ILCS 5/8-1204) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388§ 4:40 Form of Certi�cate (735 ILCS 5/8-1205). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389§ 4:41 Sworn Copies (735 ILCS 5/8-1206). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389§ 4:42 Penalty for False Certi�cate (735 ILCS 5/8-1207). . . . . . . 390§ 4:43 O�cial Certi�cate—Land O�ce (735 ILCS 5/8-1208). . . 390§ 4:44 Patents for Land (735 ILCS 5/8-1209) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391§ 4:45 State Patents (735 ILCS 5/8-1210). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392§ 4:46 State Land Sales (735 ILCS 5/8-1211). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392§ 4:47 Surveys (735 ILCS 5/8-1301) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394§ 4:48 Proof of Handwriting (735 ILCS 5/8-1501 Through

5/8-1503). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394§ 4:49 Execution of Deed (735 ILCS 5/8-1601) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396§ 4:50 Title of Land to Illinois Central Railroad (735 ILCS

5/8-1701 Through 5/8-1702) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397§ 4:51 Presumptive Proof (735 ILCS 5/8-1801) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398§ 4:52 Admission of Liability—E�ect (735 ILCS 5/8-1901). . . . . 398§ 4:53 Medical Malpractice—Res Ipsa Loquitur (735 ILCS

5/2-1113). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400§ 4:54 Medical Studies (735 ILCS 5/8-2101 Through

5/8-2105). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400§ 4:54.1 Information obtained (735 ILCS 5/8-2101) . . . . . . . . . . . . 400§ 4:54.2 Admissibility as evidence (735 ILCS 5/8-2102). . . . . . . . 403§ 4:54.3 Furnishing information (735 ILCS 5/8-2103). . . . . . . . . . 404§ 4:54.4 Interviews (735 ILCS 5/8-2104) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405§ 4:54.5 Improper disclosure (735 ILCS 5/8-2105) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405§ 4:55 Admissibility of Coroner's Records (735 ILCS

5/8-2201). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

3 JUDICIAL NOTICE§ 4:56 Courts of Original Jurisdiction (735 ILCS 5/8-1001) . . . 407§ 4:57 Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction (735 ILCS 5/8-1002) . . 408§ 4:58 Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act (735

ILCS 5/8-1003 Through 5/8-1009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

4 PRIVILEGES§ 4:59 Husband and Wife (735 ILCS 5/8-801) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410§ 4:60 Physician and Patient (735 ILCS 5/8-802) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

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§ 4:61 Con�dentiality of Statements Made to Rape CrisisPersonnel (735 ILCS 5/8-802.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

§ 4:62 Con�dentiality of Statements Made to PersonnelCounseling Victims of Violent Crimes (735 ILCS5/8-802.2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

§ 4:62.1 Informant's privilege (735 ILCS 5/8-802.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . 421§ 4:63 Clergy (735 ILCS 5/8-803) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422§ 4:63.1 Union agent and union member (735 ILCS

5/8-803.5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424§ 4:64 Source of Information (735 ILCS 5/8-901). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424§ 4:65 De�nitions (735 ILCS 5/8-902) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426§ 4:66 Application to Court (735 ILCS 5/8-903) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426§ 4:67 Contents of Application (735 ILCS 5/8-904). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427§ 4:68 Civil Proceeding (735 ILCS 5/8-905) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428§ 4:69 Consideration by Court (735 ILCS 5/8-906). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428§ 4:70 Court's Findings (735 ILCS 5/8-907). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429§ 4:71 Privilege Continues During Pendency of Appeal (735

ILCS 5/8-908) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430§ 4:72 Contempt (735 ILCS 5/8-909). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431§ 4:73 Voter's Privilege (735 ILCS 5/8-910) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431§ 4:74 Interpreter's Privilege (735 ILCS 5/8-911) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432§ 4:75 Accountants (225 ILCS 450/27). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

5 EXPERT TESTIMONY§ 4:76 Admissibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

E MOTIONS§ 4:77 Motion in Non-Jury Case to Find for Defendant at

Close of Plainti�'s Evidence (735 ILCS 5/2-1110) . . . . . . . 436§ 4:78 Directed Verdicts (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 240). . . 438§ 4:79 Reserved Ruling on Motion for Directed Verdict—

Post-Trial Motions in Jury Cases (735 ILCS 5/2-1202). 438§ 4:80 Voluntary Dismissal (735 ILCS 5/2-1009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440§ 4:81 Amendments (735 ILCS 5/2-616) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

PART V JURY VERDICTS, POST-TRIAL PROCEEDINGS,AND JUDGMENTS

A VERDICTS§ 5:1 Return of Verdicts (735 ILCS 5/2-1201) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452§ 5:2 Verdict—Special Interrogatories (735 ILCS 5/2-1108) . . . . 454§ 5:3 Itemized Verdicts (735 ILCS 5/2-1109) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458§ 5:4 Punitive Damages Not Recoverable in Healing Art and

Legal Malpractice Cases (735 ILCS 5/2-1115). . . . . . . . . . . 460§ 5:8 Limitation on Recovery in Tort Actions; Fault (735

ILCS 5/2-1116) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460§ 5:9 Joint Liability (735 ILCS 5/2-1117) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462§ 5:10 Exceptions (735 ILCS 5/2-1118). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

B POST-TRIAL MOTIONS

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§ 5:11 Reserved Ruling on Motion for Directed Verdict—Post-Trial Motions in Jury Cases (735 ILCS 5/2-1202). 464

§ 5:12 Motions After Judgment in Non-Jury Cases (735ILCS 5/2-1203) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

§ 5:13 Arrest of Judgment (735 ILCS 5/2-1204) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481§ 5:14 Reduction in Amount of Recovery (735 ILCS

5/2-1205) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482§ 5:15 Reduction in Amount of Recovery (735 ILCS

5/2-1205.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484§ 5:16 Assessment of Damages (735 ILCS 5/2-1206) . . . . . . . . . . . 485§ 5:17 Punitive Damages (735 ILCS 5/2-1207) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

C JUDGMENTS§ 5:18 Judgments—Default—Confession (735 ILCS

5/2-1301) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488§ 5:19 Notice of Entry of Default Order (735 ILCS 5/2-1302) . 492§ 5:20 Interest on Judgment (735 ILCS 5/2-1303) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493§ 5:21 Orders for Liens and Conveyances (735 ILCS

5/2-1304) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495§ 5:22 Motion to Stay (735 ILCS 5/2-1305) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

D COSTS§ 5:23 Security for Costs (735 ILCS 5/5-101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497§ 5:24 Approval—E�ect of Bond (735 ILCS 5/5-102) . . . . . . . . . . . 500§ 5:25 Dismissal for Want of Security (735 ILCS 5/5-103). . . . . 501§ 5:26 Events After Filing Action (735 ILCS 5/5-104). . . . . . . . . . 502§ 5:27 Leave to Sue or Defend As An Indigent Person (735

ILCS 5/5-105) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504§ 5:28 Representation by Civil Legal Services Provider (735

ILCS 5/5-105.5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508§ 5:29 Lien of O�cer (735 ILCS 5/5-106) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509§ 5:30 A�davit (735 ILCS 5/5-107). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510§ 5:31 Application to Sue or Defend an Indigent Person

(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 298) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511§ 5:32 Plainti� to Recover Costs (735 ILCS 5/5-108) . . . . . . . . . . . 512§ 5:33 Defendant to Recover Costs (735 ILCS 5/5-109) . . . . . . . . 515§ 5:34 Judgment on Motion (735 ILCS 5/5-110) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517§ 5:35 Pleading Several Matters (735 ILCS 5/5-111) . . . . . . . . . . . 518§ 5:36 Several Counts (735 ILCS 5/5-112) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518§ 5:37 Several Defendants (735 ILCS 5/5-113) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519§ 5:38 Scire Facias and Prohibition (735 ILCS 5/5-114) . . . . . . . 519§ 5:39 Number of Witnesses (735 ILCS 5/5-115). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520§ 5:40 Dismissals (735 ILCS 5/5-116) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521§ 5:41 Action by State (735 ILCS 5/5-117). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522§ 5:42 Costs on Dismissal (735 ILCS 5/5-118) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524§ 5:43 Action for Use of Another (735 ILCS 5/5-119). . . . . . . . . . . 525§ 5:44 A�rmance or Reversal on Appeal (735 ILCS 5/5-120) . 526§ 5:45 Clerks to Tax Costs (735 ILCS 5/5-121). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527§ 5:46 Postage as Costs (735 ILCS 5/5-122) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

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§ 5:47 Retaxing Costs (735 ILCS 5/5-123) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528§ 5:48 Stay of Enforcement of Fee Bill (735 ILCS 5/5-124) . . . . 529§ 5:49 Enforcement of Fee Bill (735 ILCS 5/5-125) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529§ 5:50 Costs After Tender (735 ILCS 5/5-126) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

E REOPENING JUDGMENTS§ 5:51 Relief From Judgments (735 ILCS 5/2-1401). . . . . . . . . . . . 530§ 5:52 Opening of Judgment by Confession (Illinois Supreme

Court Rule 276) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

F PERFECTING THE APPEAL§ 5:53 Method of Review (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 301) . 537§ 5:54 Direct Appeals to the Supreme Court (Illinois

Supreme Court Rule 302) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539§ 5:55 Appeals From Final Judgments of the Circuit Court

in Civil Cases (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 303) . . . 541§ 5:55.50 Expedited and con�dential proceedings under the

Parental Noti�cation of Abortion Act (IllinoisSupreme Court Rule 303A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

§ 5:56 Appeals From Final Judgments That Do Not Disposeof an Entire Proceeding (Illinois Supreme CourtRule 304) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

§ 5:57 Stay of Judgments Pending Appeal (Illinois SupremeCourt Rule 305) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551

§ 5:58 Appeals From Orders of the Circuit Court GrantingNew Trials and Granting or Denying CertainMotions (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 306) . . . . . . . . . . 556

§ 5:58.50 Expedited appeals in child custody cases (IllinoisSupreme Court Rule 306A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

§ 5:59 Interlocutory Appeals as of Right (Illinois SupremeCourt Rule 307) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562

§ 5:60 Interlocutory Appeals by Permission (IllinoisSupreme Court Rule 308) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

§ 5:61 Dismissal of Appeals by the Trial Court (IllinoisSupreme Court Rule 309) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

§ 5:62 Prehearing Conference in the Appellate Court(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 310) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

§ 5:63 Appellate Settlement Conference Program (IllinoisSupreme Court Rule 310.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

§ 5:64 Accelerated Docket (Illinois Supreme Court Rule311) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575

§ 5:65 Docketing Statement (Illinois Supreme Court Rule312) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

§ 5:66 Fees in the Reviewing Court (Illinois Supreme CourtRule 313) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

§ 5:67 Contents of the Record on Appeal (Illinois SupremeCourt Rule 321) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

§ 5:68 Report of Proceedings (Illinois Supreme Court Rule323) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

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§ 5:69 Preparation and Certi�cation by the Circuit Clerk ofthe Record on Appeal (Illinois Supreme Court Rule324) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

§ 5:70 Transmission of Record on Appeal or Certi�cate inLieu of Record (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 325). . . 589

§ 5:71 Time for Filing Record on Appeal (Illinois SupremeCourt Rule 326) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

§ 5:72 Supporting Record (Illinois Supreme Court Rule328) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

§ 5:73 Supplemental Record on Appeal (Illinois SupremeCourt Rule 329) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

PART VI ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS

A GENERAL§ 6:1 Lien of Judgment (735 ILCS 5/12-101) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598§ 6:2 Judgment Against Partnership (735 ILCS 5/12-102) . . . 603§ 6:3 Representative Capacity (735 ILCS 5/12-103) . . . . . . . . . . . 604§ 6:4 Time of Restraint Deducted (735 ILCS 5/12-104) . . . . . . . 605§ 6:5 De�nition of “Real Estate” (735 ILCS 5/12-105) . . . . . . . . . 605§ 6:6 Enforcement in Other Counties (735 ILCS 5/12-106) . . . 606§ 6:7 Incarceration of Judgment Debtor (735 ILCS

5/12-107). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607§ 6:8 Limitation on Enforcement (735 ILCS 5/12-108) . . . . . . . . 608§ 6:9 Interest on Judgments (735 ILCS 5/12-109) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609§ 6:10 Certi�ed Copy Returnable (735 ILCS 5/12-110) . . . . . . . . . 610§ 6:11 When Binding on Personalty (735 ILCS 5/12-111) . . . . . . 611§ 6:12 What is Liable to Enforcement (735 ILCS 5/12-112). . . . 613§ 6:13 Election of Property (735 ILCS 5/12-113) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615§ 6:14 Sale in Separate Items (735 ILCS 5/12-114) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615§ 6:15 Notice of Sale of Real Estate (735 ILCS 5/12-115) . . . . . . 616§ 6:16 Penalty for Neglect of O�cer (735 ILCS 5/12-116). . . . . . 617§ 6:17 Certi�cate (735 ILCS 5/12-119). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618§ 6:18 Deposit of Money—Receipt of Other Document (735

ILCS 5/12-120) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619§ 6:19 Certi�cate Recorded (735 ILCS 5/12-121) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620§ 6:20 Redemption (735 ILCS 5/12-122). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620§ 6:21 Certi�cate of Redemption (735 ILCS 5/12-131) . . . . . . . . . . 622§ 6:22 Redemption by Creditors (735 ILCS 5/12-132) . . . . . . . . . . 623§ 6:23 Redemption Money Bid (735 ILCS 5/12-133) . . . . . . . . . . . . 624§ 6:24 Bid at More Than Redemption Money (735 ILCS

5/12-134). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625§ 6:25 Further Redemptions (735 ILCS 5/12-135). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626§ 6:26 Preference in Redemptions (735 ILCS 5/12-136) . . . . . . . . 626§ 6:27 Subsequent Redemptions (735 ILCS 5/12-137) . . . . . . . . . . 627§ 6:28 Redemptions of Parts as Sold (735 ILCS 5/12-138) . . . . . 628§ 6:29 Redemption by Joint Owner (735 ILCS 5/12-139) . . . . . . . 629§ 6:30 Redemption on Claims Allowed in Probate (735 ILCS

5/12-140). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

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§ 6:31 Taxes and Assessments During Period of Redemption(735 ILCS 5/12-141) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

§ 6:32 Realty Sold to Satisfy Junior Lien (735 ILCS5/12-142). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

§ 6:33 Commissions (735 ILCS 5/12-143) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632§ 6:34 Certi�cate Assignable (735 ILCS 5/12-144) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633§ 6:34.5 Report of Sale and Con�rmation of Sale (735 ILCS

5/12-144.5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634§ 6:35 Time of Execution of Deed (735 ILCS 5/12-145) . . . . . . . . . 634§ 6:36 Foreclosures Subject to Prior Law (735 ILCS

5/12-146). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635§ 6:37 Form of Deed (735 ILCS 5/12-147) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636§ 6:38 E�ect of Deed (735 ILCS 5/12-148) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637§ 6:39 Title Acquired at Sale (735 ILCS 5/12-149) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637§ 6:40 Deed as Evidence (735 ILCS 5/12-150) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638§ 6:41 Certi�cate of Levy (735 ILCS 5/12-152) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639§ 6:42 Form of Certi�cate (735 ILCS 5/12-153). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640§ 6:43 Recordation of Certi�cate (735 ILCS 5/12-154) . . . . . . . . . . 641§ 6:44 Death of Judgment Creditor (735 ILCS 5/12-155). . . . . . . 641§ 6:45 Representative May Purchase Realty (735 ILCS

5/12-156). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641§ 6:46 Death of Judgment Debtor (735 ILCS 5/12-157) . . . . . . . . 642§ 6:47 Goods and Chattels (735 ILCS 5/12-158). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643§ 6:48 Gold and Silver (735 ILCS 5/12-159) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644§ 6:49 Bills (735 ILCS 5/12-160) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645§ 6:50 Security (735 ILCS 5/12-161) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645§ 6:51 Delivery Bond (735 ILCS 5/12-162) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646§ 6:52 When Property Not Delivered (735 ILCS 5/12-163) . . . . . 646§ 6:53 Proceedings on Delivery Bond (735 ILCS 5/12-164). . . . . 647§ 6:54 Second Delivery Bond (735 ILCS 5/12-165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647§ 6:55 Notice of Sale of Personalty (735 ILCS 5/12-166) . . . . . . . 647§ 6:56 Postponing Sale (735 ILCS 5/12-167) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648§ 6:57 Return—Liability (735 ILCS 5/12-168) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649§ 6:58 Marshalling Proceeds (735 ILCS 5/12-169) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650§ 6:59 Levy Upon Corporate Stock (735 ILCS 5/12-170) . . . . . . . 650§ 6:60 Mode of Levy on Corporate Stock (735 ILCS 5/12-171) . 651§ 6:61 Mode of Sale of Corporate Stock (735 ILCS 5/12-172) . . 653§ 6:62 Certi�cate of Corporate O�cer (735 ILCS 5/12-173) . . . . 653§ 6:63 Rights of Purchaser (735 ILCS 5/12-174) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654§ 6:64 Right to Dividends (735 ILCS 5/12-175). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655§ 6:65 Judgments Between Parties (735 ILCS 5/12-176) . . . . . . . 655§ 6:66 Multiple Judgments (735 ILCS 5/12-177) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656§ 6:67 Cases Excepted (735 ILCS 5/12-178) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656§ 6:68 Release of Judgment (735 ILCS 5/12-183) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658§ 6:69 Release or Satisfaction of Judgment (Circuit Court of

Cook County Rule 6.6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661§ 6:70 Right of State as Judgment Creditor (735 ILCS

5/12-401). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662§ 6:71 Application (735 ILCS 5/12-403) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663

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B TRIAL OF RIGHT TO PROPERTY§ 6:73 Procedure (735 ILCS 5/12-201). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664§ 6:74 Trial (735 ILCS 5/12-202) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666§ 6:75 Subpoenas (735 ILCS 5/12-203). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667§ 6:76 Trial and Judgment (735 ILCS 5/12-204) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667§ 6:77 Costs (735 ILCS 5/12-205) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668

C FEDERAL JUDGMENTS§ 6:78 Registration of Federal Judgments (735 ILCS

5/12-501) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669§ 6:79 Lien of Federal Judgments (735 ILCS 5/12-502). . . . . . . . 669

D UNIFORM FOREIGN MONEY-JUDGMENTSRECOGNITION ACT§ 6:80 De�nitions (735 ILCS 5/12-618). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671§ 6:81 Applications (735 ILCS 5/12-619) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673§ 6:82 Conclusive and Enforceable (735 ILCS 5/12-620) . . . . . . . 673§ 6:83 Inconclusiveness of Judgments (735 ILCS 5/12-621) . . . 674§ 6:84 Personal Jurisdiction Over Defendant (735 ILCS

5/12-622) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677§ 6:85 Pendency of or Intention to Appeal (735 ILCS

5/12-623) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678§ 6:86 Situations Outside of This Legislation (735 ILCS

5/12-624) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679§ 6:87 Construction (735 ILCS 5/12-625) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679§ 6:88 Short Title of Uniform Act (735 ILCS 5/12-626) . . . . . . . . 680

E UNIFORM FOREIGN-MONEY CLAIMS ACT§ 6:89 Short Title (735 ILCS 5/12-630). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680§ 6:90 De�nition (735 ILCS 5/12-631) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681§ 6:91 Scope (735 ILCS 5/12-632). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683§ 6:92 Variation by Agreement (735 ILCS 5/12-633) . . . . . . . . . . . . 683§ 6:93 Determining Money of the Claim (735 ILCS 5/12-634). . 684§ 6:94 Determining Amount of the Money of Certain Contract

Claims (735 ILCS 5/12-635). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685§ 6:95 Asserting and Defending Foreign-Money Claim (735

ILCS 5/12-636). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686§ 6:96 Judgments and Awards on Foreign-Money Claims;

Times of Money Conversion; Form of Judgment (735ILCS 5/12-637). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687

§ 6:97 Conversions of Foreign Money in DistributionProceeding (735 ILCS 5/12-638) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688

§ 6:98 Pre-Judgment and Judgment Interest (735 ILCS5/12-639) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

§ 6:99 Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (735 ILCS5/12-640) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690

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§ 6:100 Determining United States Dollar Value of Foreign-Money Claims for Limited Purposes (735 ILCS5/12-641) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691

§ 6:101 E�ect of Currency Revalorization (735 ILCS5/12-642) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

§ 6:102 Supplementary General Principles of Law (735 ILCS5/12-643) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693

§ 6:103 Uniformity of Application and Construction (735ILCS 5/12-644). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694

§ 6:104 Transitional Provision (735 ILCS 5/12-645). . . . . . . . . . . . 694

F UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTSACT§ 6:105 Short Title (735 ILCS 5/12-650) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694§ 6:106 De�nition (735 ILCS 5/12-651) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695§ 6:107 Filing and Status of Foreign Judgments (735 ILCS

5/12-652) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696§ 6:108 Notice of Filing (735 ILCS 5/12-653) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700§ 6:109 Stay (735 ILCS 5/12-654). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701§ 6:110 Fees (735 ILCS 5/12-655). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701§ 6:111 Optional Procedure (735 ILCS 5/12-656) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702§ 6:112 Uniformity of Interpretation (735 ILCS 5/12-657). . . . . 703

G GARNISHMENT§ 6:113 A�davit for Garnishment; Contents (735 ILCS

5/12-701) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703§ 6:114 Garnishment of Administrators and Executors (735

ILCS 5/12-703). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705§ 6:115 Exemptions From Garnishment (735 ILCS 5/12-704). 706§ 6:116 Summons (735 ILCS 5/12-705) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707§ 6:117 Conditional Judgment (735 ILCS 5/12-706) . . . . . . . . . . . . 711§ 6:118 Duties of Garnishee (735 ILCS 5/12-707). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713§ 6:119 Deductions and Set-O�s of Garnishee (735 ILCS

5/12-708) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714§ 6:120 Negotiable Paper (735 ILCS 5/12-709). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715§ 6:121 Adverse Claims; Trial (735 ILCS 5/12-710) . . . . . . . . . . . . 716§ 6:122 Contest of Answer and Trial (735 ILCS 5/12-711). . . . . 718§ 6:123 E�ect of Judgment—Discharge No Bar (735 ILCS

5/12-712) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720§ 6:124 No Judgment Until Debt Due (735 ILCS 5/12-713) . . . 721§ 6:125 Property Surrendered in Enforcement of a Judgment

and Disposition Thereby (735 ILCS 5/12-714) . . . . . . . . . 722§ 6:126 Refusal or Neglect of Garnishee to Deliver Property

(735 ILCS 5/12-715). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723§ 6:127 Costs and Fees (735 ILCS 5/12-716) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724§ 6:128 Death of Garnishee and Procedure Thereafter (735

ILCS 5/12-717). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725§ 6:129 Powers of Court (735 ILCS 5/12-718) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725§ 6:130 Transfer of Interest by Heir or Legatee (735 ILCS

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H WAGE DEDUCTIONS§ 6:131 De�nitions (735 ILCS 5/12-801) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727§ 6:132 Force and E�ect of Order (735 ILCS 5/12-802) . . . . . . . . 729§ 6:133 Maximum Wages Subject to Collection (735 ILCS

5/12-803) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729§ 6:134 Exemptions From Deduction Orders (735 ILCS

5/12-804) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732§ 6:135 Summons—Issuance (735 ILCS 5/12-805). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732§ 6:136 Service and Return of Summons (735 ILCS

5/12-806) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737§ 6:137 Failure of Employer to Appear (735 ILCS 5/12-807) . . 738§ 6:138 Duty of Employer (735 ILCS 5/12-808) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739§ 6:139 Certi�cation of Judgment Balance (735 ILCS

5/12-808.5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743§ 6:140 O�setting Claims (735 ILCS 5/12-809) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744§ 6:141 Adverse Claims (735 ILCS 5/12-810). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745§ 6:142 Trial and Judgment (735 ILCS 5/12-811) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746§ 6:143 E�ect of Order (735 ILCS 5/12-812). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748§ 6:144 Judgment by Confession (735 ILCS 5/12-813) . . . . . . . . . 749§ 6:145 Costs and Fees (735 ILCS 5/12-814) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750§ 6:146 Death of Employer (735 ILCS 5/12-815) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751§ 6:147 Assignment, Transfer or Other Disposition (735

ILCS 5/12-816). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752§ 6:148 Wrongful Issuance of Summons (735 ILCS 5/12-817) . 752§ 6:149 Discharge or Suspension of Employee Prohibited

(735 ILCS 5/12-818). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753§ 6:150 Limitations on Part 8 of Article XII (735 ILCS

5/12-819) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753

I HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION§ 6:151 Amount (735 ILCS 5/12-901). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754§ 6:152 Exemption After Death or Desertion (735 ILCS

5/12-902) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757§ 6:153 Extent of Exemption (735 ILCS 5/12-903). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758§ 6:154 Drug Asset Forfeitures (735 ILCS 5/12-903.5) . . . . . . . . . 759§ 6:155 Release, Waiver or Conveyance (735 ILCS 5/12-904) . 760§ 6:156 Dissolution of Marriage (735 ILCS 5/12-905) . . . . . . . . . . 762§ 6:157 Proceeds of Sale (735 ILCS 5/12-906) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762§ 6:158 Insurance Proceeds (735 ILCS 5/12-907) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763§ 6:159 Enforcement of Lien (735 ILCS 5/12-908) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764§ 6:160 Bid for Less Than Exempted Amount (735 ILCS

5/12-909) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765§ 6:161 Proceedings to Enforce Judgment (735 ILCS

5/12-910) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765§ 6:162 Notice to Judgment Debtor (735 ILCS 5/12-911) . . . . . . 766§ 6:163 Sale of Premises—Distribution of Proceeds (735

ILCS 5/12-912). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767

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J PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPTIONS§ 6:164 Personal Property Exempt (735 ILCS 5/12-1001) . . . . . 768§ 6:165 Schedule of Property (735 ILCS 5/12-1002) . . . . . . . . . . . . 772§ 6:166 When Family Entitled to Exemptions (735 ILCS

5/12-1003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774§ 6:167 Judgment for Wages (735 ILCS 5/12-1004) . . . . . . . . . . . . 775§ 6:168 Liability for Seizing Exempt Property (735 ILCS

5/12-1005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776§ 6:169 Exemption for Retirement Plans (735 ILCS

5/12-1006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776§ 6:170 Judgment Debtor as Bene�ciary of Trust (735 ILCS

5/2-1403) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778

K CITATION PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUSPROVISIONS§ 6:171 Supplementary Proceedings (735 ILCS 5/2-1402) . . . . . 779§ 6:172 Supplementary Proceedings (Illinois Supreme Court

Rule 277) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788§ 6:173 Contempt for Concealing Property (735 ILCS

5/12-301) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792§ 6:174 Sending Claim Out of State (735 ILCS 5/12-1101) . . . . 793§ 6:175 Assignment or Transfer of Claim (735 ILCS

5/12-1102) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794§ 6:176 Bankruptcy Exemption (735 ILCS 5/12-1201) . . . . . . . . . 794§ 6:177 Orders to Take Into Custody (735 ILCS 5/12-1401) . . . 795§ 6:178 Scire Facias Abolished (735 ILCS 5/2-1601) . . . . . . . . . . . 796§ 6:179 Revival of Judgment (735 ILCS 5/13-218). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796§ 6:180 Lis Pendens—Operative Date of Notice (735 ILCS

5/2-1901) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797

PART VII SPECIAL ACTIONS

A DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS§ 7:1 Declaratory Judgments (735 ILCS 5/2-701). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803

B INJUNCTIONS§ 7:2 Temporary Restraining Order (735 ILCS 5/11-101) . . . . . . . 808§ 7:3 Preliminary Injunction (735 ILCS 5/11-102) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812§ 7:4 Bond (735 ILCS 5/11-103) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815§ 7:5 Bond Before Court or Clerk (735 ILCS 5/11-104) . . . . . . . . . 816§ 7:6 Filing of Bond (735 ILCS 5/11-105) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817§ 7:7 Injunctive Relief on Saturday, Sunday or Legal Holiday

(735 ILCS 5/11-106) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817§ 7:8 Seeking Wrong Remedy Not Fatal (735 ILCS 5/11-107) . . 818§ 7:9 Injunctive Relief for the Father of an Unborn Child in

an Abortion Related Decision by the Mother (735ILCS 5/11-107.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818

§ 7:10 Motion to Dissolve (735 ILCS 5/11-108). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819§ 7:11 A�davits in Support of Motion to Dissolve (735 ILCS

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5/11-109) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820§ 7:12 Assessing Damages (735 ILCS 5/11-110) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820

C CLASS ACTIONS§ 7:13 Prerequisites for the Maintenance of a Class Action

(735 ILCS 5/2-801). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822§ 7:14 Order and Findings Relative to the Class (735 ILCS

5/2-802) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826§ 7:15 Notice in Class Cases (735 ILCS 5/2-803) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828§ 7:16 Intervention by and Exclusion of Class Members (735

ILCS 5/2-804) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830§ 7:17 Judgments in Class Cases (735 ILCS 5/2-805) . . . . . . . . . . 831§ 7:18 Dismissal or Compromise of Class Cases (735 ILCS

5/2-806) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832

D PRODUCT LIABILITY/HEALING ART AND MEDICALMALPRACTICE ACTIONS§ 7:19 Product Liability Actions (735 ILCS 5/2-621) . . . . . . . . . . . 833§ 7:20 Healing Art Malpractice (735 ILCS 5/2-622) . . . . . . . . . . . . 838§ 7:21 Healing Art Malpractice—A�davit in Lieu of Answer

or Other Pleading (735 ILCS 5/2-1010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848§ 7:22 Medical Malpractice—Res Ipsa Loquitur (735 ILCS

5/2-1113) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849§ 7:23 Contingent Fees for Attorneys in Medical Malpractice

Actions (735 ILCS 5/2-1114). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852§ 7:24 Punitive Damages Not Recoverable in Healing Art

and Legal Malpractice Cases (735 ILCS 5/2-1115). . . . . . 854§ 7:25 Application (735 ILCS 5/2-1701) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856§ 7:26 Economic/Non-Economic Loss (735 ILCS 5/2-1702). . . . . 856§ 7:27 Past/Future Damages (735 ILCS 5/2-1703). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857§ 7:28 Medical Malpractice Action (735 ILCS 5/2-1704) . . . . . . . 857§ 7:29 Election for Periodic Payment (735 ILCS 5/2-1705) . . . . 858§ 7:30 Special Findings Required (735 ILCS 5/2-1706) . . . . . . . . 859§ 7:31 Calculation of Future Damages (735 ILCS 5/2-1707). . . 860§ 7:32 Basis for Determining Judgment to Be Entered (735

ILCS 5/2-1708) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861§ 7:33 Payment of Periodic Installment Obligations (735

ILCS 5/2-1709) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863§ 7:34 Form of Security (735 ILCS 5/2-1710). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864§ 7:35 Posting and Maintaining Security (735 ILCS

5/2-1711) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865§ 7:36 Equivalent Lump Sum Value (735 ILCS 5/2-1712) . . . . . 866§ 7:37 E�ect of Death (735 ILCS 5/2-1713). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867§ 7:38 Liability Insurance Policy Limits (735 ILCS 5/2-1714). 868§ 7:39 Assignment of Periodic Installments (735 ILCS

5/2-1715) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869§ 7:40 Exemption of Bene�ts (735 ILCS 5/2-1716) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869§ 7:41 Settlement Agreements and Consent Judgments (735

ILCS 5/2-1717) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870

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§ 7:42 Satisfaction of Judgments (735 ILCS 5/2-1718) . . . . . . . . . 870§ 7:43 Duties of Director of Insurance (735 ILCS 5/2-1719) . . . 871

E MANDAMUS§ 7:44 Action Commenced by Plainti� (735 ILCS 5/14-101) . . . 871§ 7:45 Summons to Issue (735 ILCS 5/14-102). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874§ 7:46 Defendant to Plead (735 ILCS 5/14-103). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875§ 7:47 Reply by Plainti� (735 ILCS 5/14-104). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876§ 7:48 Judgment—Costs (735 ILCS 5/14-105). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877§ 7:49 False Return (735 ILCS 5/14-106) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878§ 7:50 Successor in O�ce (735 ILCS 5/14-107) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879§ 7:51 Other Remedy—Amendments (735 ILCS 5/14-108) . . . . 880§ 7:52 Seeking Wrong Remedy Not Fatal (735 ILCS

5/14-109) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881

F ATTACHMENT§ 7:53 Cause (735 ILCS 5/4-101) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882§ 7:54 Construed for Detection of Fraud (735 ILCS 5/4-102) . . 885§ 7:55 Venue (735 ILCS 5/4-103) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885§ 7:56 A�davit (735 ILCS 5/4-104). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886§ 7:57 Form of A�davit (735 ILCS 5/4-105). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887§ 7:58 Designation of Names (735 ILCS 5/4-106) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888§ 7:59 Bond (735 ILCS 5/4-107). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889§ 7:60 Fixing of Bond (735 ILCS 5/4-108) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890§ 7:61 Condition of Bond (735 ILCS 5/4-109). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891§ 7:62 Order for Attachment (735 ILCS 5/4-110) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892§ 7:63 Attachment Against Joint Debtors (735 ILCS

5/4-111) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893§ 7:64 Serving of Order (735 ILCS 5/4-112) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894§ 7:65 Certi�cate of Levy (735 ILCS 5/4-113) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897§ 7:66 Serving Defendant (735 ILCS 5/4-114). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898§ 7:67 Additional Certi�ed Copies (735 ILCS 5/4-115) . . . . . . . . . 899§ 7:68 Pursuit of Property (735 ILCS 5/4-116) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900§ 7:69 Serving on Sunday (735 ILCS 5/4-117) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900§ 7:70 Certi�ed Copies of Order to Other County (735 ILCS

5/4-118) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901§ 7:71 Forthcoming Bond (735 ILCS 5/4-119) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902§ 7:72 Bond or Recognizance to Pay Judgment (735 ILCS

5/4-120) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903§ 7:73 Neglect of O�cer to Take Bond (735 ILCS 5/4-121) . . . . 905§ 7:74 Neglect to Return Su�cient Bond (735 ILCS 5/4-122) . 905§ 7:75 Action on Bond (735 ICCS 5/4-123). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906§ 7:76 Live Stock (735 ILCS 5/4-124) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907§ 7:77 Perishable Property (735 ILCS 5/4-125) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907§ 7:78 Summoning Garnishees (735 ILCS 5/4-126). . . . . . . . . . . . . 909§ 7:79 Notice by Publication and Mail (735 ILCS 5/4-127) . . . . 909§ 7:80 Default (735 ILCS 5/4-128) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911§ 7:81 Continuance for Want of Publication (735 ILCS

5/4-129) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911

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§ 7:82 Filing Complaint (735 ILCS 5/4-130). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911§ 7:83 Pleadings (735 ILCS 5/4-131) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912§ 7:84 Amendments (735 ILCS 5/4-132) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913§ 7:85 Seeking Wrong Remedy Not Fatal (735 ILCS 5/4-133). 913§ 7:86 Intervention (735 ILCS 5/4-134) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914§ 7:87 Counterclaim (735 ILCS 5/4-135) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915§ 7:88 Substitution of Parties (735 ILCS 5/4-136) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916§ 7:89 Prompt Hearing (735 ILCS 5/4-137). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916§ 7:90 Proceedings in Aid (735 ILCS 5/4-138). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917§ 7:91 E�ect of Judgment (735 ILCS 5/4-139). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918§ 7:92 Judgment by Default (735 ILCS 5/4-140) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918§ 7:93 Property Levied Upon (735 ILCS 5/4-141) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 919§ 7:94 Division of Proceeds (735 ILCS 5/4-142) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 919§ 7:95 O�cer to Divide Proceeds (735 ILCS 5/4-143) . . . . . . . . . . 920§ 7:96 Payment Into Court (735 ILCS 5/4-144) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921§ 7:97 Sale of Live Stock (735 ILCS 5/4-145). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921

G REPLEVIN§ 7:98 When Brought (735 ILCS 5/19-101) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922§ 7:99 When Not Available (735 ILCS 5/19-102). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 924§ 7:100 Venue (735 ILCS 5/19-103) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 924§ 7:101 Complaint (735 ILCS 5/19-104). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925§ 7:102 Notice (735 ILCS 5/19-105) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926§ 7:103 Notice of Hearing for an Order of Replevin (Illinois

Supreme Court Rule 107) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927§ 7:104 Exception to Requirement of Notice (735 ILCS

5/19-106) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928§ 7:105 Hearing for Entry of Order (735 ILCS 5/19-107) . . . . . . 930§ 7:106 Direction of Order (735 ILCS 5/19-108) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930§ 7:107 Order (735 ILCS 5/19-109) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931§ 7:108 Several Counties Involved (735 ILCS 5/19-110) . . . . . . . 932§ 7:109 Additional Copies of Order (735 ILCS 5/19-111). . . . . . . 932§ 7:110 Replevin Bond (735 ILCS 5/19-112) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933§ 7:111 Return (735 ILCS 5/19-113). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935§ 7:112 Failure to Take and Return Bond (735 ILCS

5/19-114) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936§ 7:113 Limitation (735 ILCS 5/19-115) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937§ 7:114 Service of Order (735 ILCS 5/19-116) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937§ 7:115 Service Upon Defendant (735 ILCS 5/19-117) . . . . . . . . . 940§ 7:116 Notice by Publication (735 ILCS 5/19-118) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940§ 7:117 Answer or Otherwise Appear (735 ILCS 5/19-119) . . . . 941§ 7:118 When Property Not Found (735 ILCS 5/19-120) . . . . . . . 941§ 7:119 Distress for Rent (735 ILCS 5/19-121) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942§ 7:120 Seeking Wrong Remedy Not Fatal (735 ILCS

5/19-122) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943§ 7:121 Judgment Against Plainti� (735 ILCS 5/19-123) . . . . . . 943§ 7:122 Intervention (735 ILCS 5/19-124) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945§ 7:123 Judgment for Plainti� (735 ILCS 5/19-125) . . . . . . . . . . . . 946§ 7:124 Damages (735 ILCS 5/19-126) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947

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§ 7:125 Action on Bond (735 ILCS 5/19-127) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947§ 7:126 Defense to Action on Bond (735 ILCS 5/19-128) . . . . . . . 948

H ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW§ 7:127 De�nitions (735 ILCS 5/3-101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949§ 7:128 Scope of Article (735 ILCS 5/3-102) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952§ 7:129 Commencement of Action (735 ILCS 5/3-103) . . . . . . . . . 954§ 7:130 Jurisdiction and Venue (735 ILCS 5/3-104) . . . . . . . . . . . . 956§ 7:131 Service of Summons (735 ILCS 5/3-105). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958§ 7:132 Appearance of Defendants (735 ILCS 5/3-106) . . . . . . . . 960§ 7:133 Defendants (735 ILCS 5/3-107) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960§ 7:134 Pleadings and Record on Review (735 ILCS 5/3-108) . 965§ 7:135 Costs of Preparing and Certifying Record of

Proceedings Before Agency (735 ILCS 5/3-109) . . . . . . . . 967§ 7:136 Scope of Review (735 ILCS 5/3-110) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968§ 7:137 Powers of Circuit Court (735 ILCS 5/3-111) . . . . . . . . . . . 970§ 7:138 Appeals (735 ILCS 5/3-112) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 974§ 7:139 Direct Review of Administrative Orders by the

Appellate Court (735 ILCS 5/3-113). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976§ 7:140 Proceedings Under the Administrative Review Law

(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 291) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977

I DISCOVERY BEFORE SUIT§ 7:141 Discovery Before Suit to Identify Responsible

Persons and Entities (Illinois Supreme Court Rule224) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 980

J ORIGINAL ACTIONS IN SUPREME COURT§ 7:142 Original Actions in the Supreme Court Pursuant to

Article VI, Section 4(a), of the Constitution (IllinoisSupreme Court Rule 381) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982

§ 7:143 Motions for Supervisory Orders (Illinois SupremeCourt Rule 383) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986

§ 7:144 Proceedings for the Transfer and Consolidation ofMulticircuit Actions (Illinois Supreme Court Rule384) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987

PART VIII ALTERNATE PROCEDURES

A MANDATORY ARBITRATION§ 8:1 Authorization (735 ILCS 5/2-1001A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991§ 8:2 Administration of Mandatory Arbitration (Circuit Court

of Cook County Rule 18.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992§ 8:3 Implementation by Supreme Court Rules (735 ILCS

5/2-1002A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992§ 8:4 Applicability of Rules (Circuit Court of Cook County

Rule 18.2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993§ 8:5 Actions Subject to Mandatory Arbitration (Illinois

Supreme Court Rule 86) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993

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§ 8:6 Actions Subject to Mandatory Arbitrations (Ill. Sup. Ct.R. 86) (Circuit Court of Cook County Rule 18.3) . . . . . . . . 995

§ 8:7 Quali�cation, Appointment, and Compensation ofArbitrators (735 ILCS 5/2-1003A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996

§ 8:8 Appointment, Quali�cation and Compensation ofArbitrators (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 87) . . . . . . . . . . . 996

§ 8:9 Appointment, Quali�cation, and Compensation ofArbitrators (Ill. Sup. Ct. R. 87) (Circuit Court of CookCounty Rule 18.4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 997

§ 8:10 Scheduling of Hearings (Illinois Supreme Court Rule88) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998

§ 8:11 Scheduling of Arbitration Hearings (Ill. Sup. Ct. R.88, 89) (Circuit Court of Cook County Rule 18.5) . . . . . . . 999

§ 8:12 Discovery (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 89) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000§ 8:13 Conduct of the Hearings (Illinois Supreme Court Rule

90) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001§ 8:14 Conduct of Arbitration Hearings (Ill. Sup. Ct. R. 90)

(Circuit Court of Cook County Rule 18.6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004§ 8:15 Absence of Party at Hearing (Illinois Supreme Court

Rule 91). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004§ 8:16 Arbitration Hearings—Time Allotted (Circuit Court of

Cook County Rule 18.8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007§ 8:17 Exhibits (Circuit Court of Cook County Rule 18.9) . . . . . 1008§ 8:18 Notice to the Arbitration Administration of Orders

A�ecting Scheduled Arbitration Hearing (CircuitCourt of Cook County Rule 18.10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008

§ 8:19 Defective Arbitration Hearing Dates (Circuit Court ofCook County Rule 18.11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008

§ 8:20 Decision and Award (735 ILCS 5/2-1004A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009§ 8:21 Award and Judgment on Award (Illinois Supreme

Court Rule 92) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009§ 8:22 Award and Judgment of Award (Ill. Sup. Ct. R. 92)

(Circuit Court of Cook County Rule 18.7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011§ 8:23 Rejection of Award (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 93) . . 1011§ 8:24 Form of Oath, Award and Notice of Award (Illinois

Supreme Court Rule 94) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012§ 8:25 Form of Notice of Rejection of Award (Illinois

Supreme Court Rule 95) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014§ 8:26 Judgment of the Court (735 ILCS 5/2-1005A). . . . . . . . . . . 1015§ 8:27 Uniform Arbitration Act (735 ILCS 5/2-1006A) . . . . . . . . . 1016§ 8:28 Expenses (735 ILCS 5/2-1007A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016§ 8:29 Evaluation—Report (735 ILCS 5/2-1008A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016§ 8:30 Filing Fees (735 ILCS 5/2-1009A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016

B LAW DIVISION COURT—ANNEXED MEDIATION§ 8:31 Law division major case court-annexed civil

mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017

C SMALL CLAIMS

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§ 8:32 Limited and Simpli�ed Discovery in Certain Cases(Illinois Supreme Court Rule 222) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1026

§ 8:33 De�nition of Small Claim (Illinois Supreme CourtRule 281) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030

§ 8:34 Commencement of Action—Representation ofCorporations (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 282) . . . . . . . . 1032

§ 8:35 Form of Summons (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 283) . 1033§ 8:36 Service by Certi�ed or Registered Mail (Illinois

Supreme Court Rule 284). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1034§ 8:37 Jury Demands (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 285) . . . . . . 1036§ 8:38 Appearance and Trial (Illinois Supreme Court Rule

286). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1037§ 8:39 Depositions, Discovery and Motions (Illinois Supreme

Court Rule 287) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1039§ 8:40 Installment Payment of Judgments (Illinois Supreme

Court Rule 288) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040§ 8:41 Service of Process in Proceedings to Con�rm a

Judgment by Confession or to Collect a Judgment for$10,000 or Less (Illinois Supreme Court Rule 289). . . . . 1040

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