People Ex Rel. Hartigan v. Lann

Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (134 Ill. 2d R. 308), this interlocutory appeal requires us to consider the following question certified by the circuit court of Cook County:

“[W]hether, for purposes of discovery, individual consumers [may] be considered party plaintiffs rather than occurrence witnesses in suits brought by the Attorney General in the public interest when the Attorney General seeks restitution for individual consumers pursuant to the provisions of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act [(Consumer Fraud Act or the Act)].” Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 1211/2, par.…