United States Seventh Circuit

In a class-action suit alleging that defendant's sale of damage waivers for tool rentals violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (CFA), summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the waiver offer was "deceptive" and therefore covered by the CFA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/31/2008
• Decided 07/28/2008
• Published 07/28/2008

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jonah Orlofsky (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• George R. Dougherty, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, Dwight J. Davis (argued), King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.