Medline Industries, Inc. v. Pascal

This is an appeal from two interlocutory orders entered by the circuit court of Lake County in November, 1973, denying defendants’ motions to stay proceedings in this case until a determination of the issues presented in a case pending in the circuit court of Cook County, Illinois.

On July 10, 1972, Medline Industries, Inc. (“Medline”), filed its complaint in this case for damages against Robert Pascal (“Pascal”), a resident of Lake County, based upon Pascal’s written guarantee of performance by Proviso Plastics, Inc. (“Proviso”), of a certain contract with Medline dated February 10, 1971,…