Stone v. Omnicom Cable Television of Illinois, Inc.

The plaintiff, Steven Stone, brings this interlocutory appeal (87 Ill. 2d R 304(a)) from an order of the trial court that dismissed with prejudice count IV of his fourth amended complaint. The plaintiff’s sole contention in this court is that the trial court abused its discretion when it determined that the allegations of count IV, which sought a declaratory judgment, did not present an “actual controversy” and dismissed the count with prejudice.

The facts surrounding this action, as alleged in plaintiff’s complaint and as gleaned from the record, are as follows. The plaintiff is a resident of…