Pearl v. Waibel

On July 9, 1996, plaintiffs John P. Pearl, individually and as a trustee, and John P. Pearl & Associates filed a fourth-amended complaint in the circuit court of Peoria County against William Waibel, alleging fraud in the sale of land. The trial court dismissed the complaint with prejudice, ruling the fourth-amended complaint failed to relate back to the original complaint and thus violated the statute of limitations. Plaintiffs filed a motion pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 304(a) (155 Ill. 2d R. 304(a)), requesting the trial court find no just reason for delaying the appeal of the dismissal…