Dowling v. Chicago Options Associates, Inc.

Docket No. 102578. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS BRIAN DOWLING, Appellee, v. CHICAGO OPTIONS ASSOCIATES, INC., et al. (DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary (US), LLP, Appellant). Opinion filed May 3, 2007. JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Fitzgerald and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Freeman concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion, joined by Justices Kilbride and Burke. OPINION Plaintiff, Brian Dowling, commenced proceedings to collect on two judgments he obtained against…