Roscoe Co. v. Lewis University, College of Law

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant and third-party plaintiff, Lewis University School of Law (Lewis), appeals from orders entered by the circuit court of Cook County (1) granting summary judgment against Lewis and in favor of the plaintiff, Roscoe Company (Roscoe), (2) sustaining the motion of the third-party defendant, Canel Management and Development Company (Canel), to strike Lewis’ third-party complaint, and (3) denying Lewis leave to file an amended third-party complaint.

On appeal, Lewis argues it was error for the trial court to enter summary…