Legal Opinion
ESM Development Corp. v. Dawson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 6, 2003No. 5-02-0741PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kuehn
This case turns on one issue: Do the equitable claims of promissory and equitable estoppel allow for monetary damages? If not, and if the claims are therefore actually legal in nature, then the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Tort Immunity Act) (745 ILCS 10/1 — 101 et seq. (West 1996)) applies to the facts of this case and a summary judgment was appropriate because the lawsuit was not brought within the relevant one-year statute of limitations for legal actions.
FACTS
In 1989, an enterprise zone was legislatively created by Franklin County and Benton for the…
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- Doyle v. Holy Cross HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1999
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