Illinois Graphics Company Et Al. v. Iona

JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court: On April 23, 1992, plaintiffs, Illinois Graphics and State Farm Insurance Company, filed an action in the circuit court of
McLean County, denominating their complaint as a "19(g) Petition to Reduce an Award of the Industrial Commission to a Judgment."
On May 29, 1992, defendant, Iona Nickum, filed a motion to dismiss the petition, which did not specify any provision of the
Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (see Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 2-101 et seq.). Following hearing, the circuit court
dismissed the petition with prejudice. Plaintiffs appealed, and the appellate court affirmed with one Dissent (240 Ill. App.
3d 981). We granted plaintiffs' petition for leave to appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 315 (134 Ill. 2d R. 315) and now
reverse.