Fanaro v. FIRST NAT'L BK. OF CHICAGO

Defendant First National Bank of Chicago (First Chicago) filed a permissive interlocutory appeal from the denial of its motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint, contending that the complaint should have been barred by section 13 — 217 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 13 — 217) since it had been preceded by two similar complaints, one in State court, which had been dismissed for want of prosecution, and a second in Federal court, which was dismissed when pendent jurisdiction was terminated. Both arose from the same occurrence and were against the same…