My experience with the hearsay evidence rules usually involves trying to get a business record like an invoice or spreadsheet into evidence at trial or on summary judgment. The business records hearsay exception is found at Illinois Evidence Rule 803(6) and mirrors the Federal counterpart. “Exception” in the context of hearsay evidence means a document is hearsay (an …
Tag Archives: return of service
Saying “I Wasn’t Served” Not Enough to Challenge Service Return On Corp. Registered Agent – IL Law
In Charles Austin, Ltd. v. A-1 Food Services, Inc., 2014 IL App (1st) 132384, the First District affirmed the denial of a corporate defendant’s Section 2-1401 motion to vacate a judgment. About three months after judgment, the defendant sought to vacate the judgment claiming it was never served with the lawsuit. The trial court denied …