Prinova Solutions, LLC v. Process Technology, LLC

¶ 1 This appeal presents us with the following certified question:

"Can the respondent in discovery statute, 735 ILCS 5/2-402, operate in reverse, such that after a defendant has already been dismissed from the lawsuit, without prejudice, he may be converted into a respondent in discovery, and thereafter be converted to a defendant again?"

This issue was addressed by the First District of the appellate court in Westwood Construction Group, Inc. v. IRUS Property, LLC , 2016 IL App (1st) 142490 , 407 Ill.Dec. 972 , 64 N.E.3d 771 , which held that such a scenario was permissible. We agree with the…