Charles Hester Enterprises, Inc. v. Illinois Founders Insurance

PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal a judgment and post-judgment order of the trial court that denied certification of a class for a class action suit and dismissed their 32-count third amended complaint with prejudice.

Plaintiffs’ action was brought to recover actual and punitive damages, interest, court costs and attorney fees, and to obtain injunctive relief concerning premiums charged by defendant insurance companies in the sale of dramshop liability insurance providing coverage in excess of statutory limitations upon the liability of dramshops for…