Ragan v. AT & T CORP.

PRESIDING JUSTICE DONOVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion to compel arbitration and to dismiss or stay proceedings in a putative class action lawsuit brought by Sandra K. Ragan and Dennis Mangiaracino, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated (plaintiffs), against AT&T Corp. (defendant), pursuant to the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 2002)) and “substantially similar state consumer protection statutes enacted to protect consumers against unfair, deceptive!,] or fraudulent business…