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Rule 103(b): Plaintiff’s Year-Long Delay In Serving Lawsuit Merits Dismissal For Lack of Diligence – IL 1st Dist.

Illinois Supreme Court Rule 103(b) requires a plaintiff to exercise diligence in serving a defendant.  The rule is based on the principle that litigation should have an end-date and not languish.  Rule 103(b) also heightens the probability that suits will be resolved when the underlying facts are fresh in the minds of the parties and …

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Serving The Corporate Defendant – An IL Case Note

(Photo credit: www.corbusimages.com) This case piqued my interest since I recently spent an obscene amount of time trying to serve a defendant in a commercial lease dispute.  It wasn’t until after my process server gave sworn testimony for nearly an hour at an evidentiary hearing that the court finally (and mercifully) put the service issue to bed and allowed …

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