Supreme Court of Illinois

In an action for violations of the statutory consumer law of Illinois, common law fraud, and breach of written warranty agreements, motions to dismiss the suits or compel arbitration are affirmed where the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act does not prohibit a vendor of consumer goods from utilizing a warranty agreement to compel binding arbitration of warranty claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/01/2004
• Published 04/01/2004

Judges

• Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James D. Adducci and Marshall L. Blankenship, of Adducci, Dorf, Lehner, Mitchell & Blankenship, P.C., Chicago, Mark R. Kravitz and Sandra Slack Glover, of Wiggin & Dana, L.L.P., New Haven Connecticut, for appellants., Howard L. Teplinsky, of Seidler & McErlean, Chicago, Robin S. Conrad, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America., Howard L. Teplinsky, of Seidler & McErlean, Chicago, Michael Petricone, Arlington, Virginia, for amicus curiae Consumer Electronics Association., Dom J. Rizzi, Christopher B. Sanchez, of Miller, Faucher & Cafferty, L.L.P., Chicago, Kevin P. Roddy, of Hagens Berman, L.L.P., Los Angeles, California, for amicus curiae National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys.


• For Appellees:
  
• Adam J. Krohn, of Krohn & Moss, Ltd., Andrew P. Lamis, Chicago, for appellees.