Sahoury v. Moses

Defendant has filed an interlocutory appeal from the denial of his petition for substitution of judge by the circuit court of Cook County. The trial court certified the relevant question for review, and we granted defendant leave to appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308. 155 Ill. 2d R. 308. Plaintiff has not filed a brief in response to defendant’s contention of error; however, we may consider the issue raised under the ruling of First Capitol Mortgage Corp. v. Talandis Construction Corp., 63 Ill. 2d 128, 133 (1976).

On May 20, 1997, plaintiff Edmond Sahoury refiled a complaint at law (735…