Charles v. First National Bank of Blue Island

This matter comes before the court for the second time on appeal to determine (1) whether the trial court properly denied plaintiff leave to file a third amended complaint; and (2) whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We will note from the outset that we have another appeal pending in a related case. (No. 1 — 00—1161.) The cases were not consolidated; however, our decision here will affect the other case. As this court is very familiar with the history of this litigation, we will give a brief recitation of the facts from our 1997 order.

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