Bass v. Prime Cable of Chicago, Inc.

Plaintiff Carrie Bass appeals from an order of the circuit court granting defendant Prime Cable of Chicago, Inc.’s motion for summary judgment pursuant to section 2 — 1005 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure. 735 ILCS 5/2 — 1005 (West 1992). On appeal, plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in: (1) finding that no genuine issue of material fact existed regarding certain cable television-related charges by defendant to its customers; (2) finding that federal law preempted it from deciding that defendant’s practice of "passing through” three city-imposed expenses to plaintiff,…