Diamond v. General Telephone Co.

Plaintiffs, Edwin Claire Diamond, Leona Diamond and their insurer, Rockford Mutual Insurance Company (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Diamonds), appeal the dismissal with prejudice of their eight-count complaint against the defendant, General Telephone Company of Illinois, presently known as GTE North, Inc., and hereafter referred to as GTE. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 2—615.)

The Diamonds contend the court erred in dismissing their complaint in that it stated valid causes of action for implied indemnity, violation of the Illinois Public Utilities Act (Ill. Rev. Stat.…