Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc. v. Rainbow Electric Co.

Plaintiff, Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc., appeals from an order of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, Rainbow Electric Company, on count I of plaintiff’s complaint. Count I alleged that defendant had violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 121V2, par. 262 et seq.) by issuing to a third party a report which disparaged plaintiff in the performance of its business. The circuit court found that count I of plaintiff’s complaint was barred by the Act’s three-year statute of limitations (111. Rev.…