State Court of Appeals / Ill. App. Ct.

Charles Hester Enterprises, Inc. v. Illinois Founders Insurance

Decided August 22, 1985. Charles Jones wrote the opinion for the court.

484 N.E.2d 349 · Cited 59 times

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Steinberg v. Chicago Medical School · 371 N.E.2d 634
Soules v. General Motors Corp. · 402 N.E.2d 599
Janes v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n · 312 N.E.2d 605
McCabe v. Burgess · 389 N.E.2d 565
Schmidt v. Landfield · 169 N.E.2d 229
Menke v. Country Mutual Insurance Co. · 401 N.E.2d 539
Scott v. Association for Childbirth at Home, International · 430 N.E.2d 1012
Ray v. Winter · 367 N.E.2d 678
Wheatley v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 · 459 N.E.2d 1364
Perlman v. Time, Inc. · 380 N.E.2d 1040
Carroll v. Caldwell · 147 N.E.2d 69
Kester v. Crilly · 91 N.E.2d 419
Browder v. Hanley Dawson Cadillac Co. · 379 N.E.2d 1206
Landesman v. General Motors Corp. · 377 N.E.2d 813
Tonchen v. All-Steel Equipment, Inc. · 300 N.E.2d 616
Schlessinger v. Olsen · 427 N.E.2d 122
Sta-Ru Corp. v. Mahin · 356 N.E.2d 67
Mutual Tobacco Co. v. Halpin · 111 N.E.2d 155
Mortell v. Beckman · 157 N.E.2d 63
McMahon v. Sankey · 133 Ill. 636
Cunningham v. Cunningham · 170 N.E.2d 547
Magro v. Continental Toyota, Inc. · 365 N.E.2d 328
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Bowling · 99 Ill. App. 3d 1117

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