P.J.'s Concrete Pumping Service, Inc. v. Nextel West Corp.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff, EJ.’s Concrete Pumping Service, Inc., filed a class action alleging that, by collecting, on behalf of municipalities, taxes from customers located in unincorporated areas, defendant, Nextel West Corporation, violated the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Consumer Fraud Act) (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 2000)) and was guilty of common-law fraud. The trial court certified a class of defendant’s customers residing in Illinois and 16 other states. The trial court denied defendant’s motion for reconsideration but certified the following question for…