Lakeside Villas Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. Zale Const. Co., Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BILANDIC

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Likeside Villas Homeowners Association, Inc., filed a complaint at law against defendant Zale Construction Company, Inc., for negligence and breach of implied warranty of habitability. Thereafter, five amended complaints were filed. Each of these six complaints was stricken, dismissed or withdrawn. By February 22, 1984, this case had been pending for nearly seven years when plaintiff retained new counsel. On that date, original counsel was given leave to withdraw as attorney for plaintiff and to withdraw the fifth amended…