Lozman v. Putnam

Plaintiffs Fane Lozman and Blue Water Partners, Inc. (Blue Water), appeal the circuit court’s denial of their motion to vacate a stay of discovery and the grant of a section 2 — 615 (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615 (West 2000)) (section 2 — 615) motion to dismiss brought by defendants Archipelago, L.L.C., and Archipelago Holdings, L.L.C. (collectively, Archipelago). Plaintiffs assert they pled sufficient facts in the dismissed counts of their complaint to state a cause of action against Archipelago and that the court committed reversible error by denying their motion to vacate the stay of discovery. The…