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GETTO v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 80-2257.

92 Ill. App.3d 1045 (1981)

416 N.E.2d 1110

CHARLES A. GETTO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants. — (IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed January 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schiff, Hardin & Waite, of Chicago (William T. Hart, Owen E. MacBride, and Scott Bieber, of counsel), for appellant Illinois Power Company.

William H. Dailey, of Califf, Harper, Fox & Dailey, of Moline, and Peter B. Freeman, Garland H. Allen, and Peter F. Lovato, all of Hopkins, Sutter, Mulroy, Davis & Cromartie, of Chicago, for appellant Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Company.

Defrees & Fiske, of Chicago (Edward J. Griffin and John M. Cregor, Jr., of counsel), for appellant Central Illinois Light Company.

Sidney Z. Karasik and Leonard E. Handmacher, both of Chicago, for appellee.

Appeal dismissed.

Mr. JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

We granted interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110A, par. 308). It arises from the trial court's denial of a motion made jointly by numerous municipal corporations to dismiss due to improper venue and the trial court's overruling of objections to venue made by several utility companies. The suit itself is a class action brought to recover...

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