Bates & Rogers Construction Corp. v. North Shore Sanitary District

The question presented by this appeal is whether the economic loss doctrine of Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. National Tank Co. (1982), 91 Ill. 2d 69, bars the suit of a contractor against an architect/ engineer where there is no contract between them, and where the contractor claims the architect/engineer was negligent in the design and administration of a project under construction.

This cause is appealed to this court for the second time. The first appeal was taken from the Lake County circuit court’s grant of motions to strike and/or dismiss the complaint; this appeal is taken from the same…