# Berg v. Allied Security, Inc.

> Illinois Supreme Court · July 6, 2000 · 193 Ill. 2d 186

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9712062

## Case

- **Full name:** JOAN BERG, Appellee, v. ALLIED SECURITY, INC., Et Al., Appellants
- **Court:** Illinois Supreme Court
- **Decided:** July 6, 2000
- **Citations:** 193 Ill. 2d 186; 249 Ill. Dec. 770; 737 N.E.2d 160; 2000 Ill. LEXIS 986
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Bilandic
- **Judges:** Rathje, Freeman, Harrison, Bilandic, McMorrow
- **Cited by:** 54 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding an appeal to be untimely and unreviewable where the plaintiff filed both a motion to reconsider and a motion to amend her complaint, but where she waited until the denial of her motion to amend, which was subsequent both to the denial of her motion to reconsider and th…
- holding that the appellate court's original July 1, 1999, decision was not final because the defendants had filed petitions for rehearing
- noting that when a petition for rehearing is filed, the judgment of the reviewing court does not become final until the petition is denied
- recognizing mandates in Rule 303(a) concerning the time for filing appeal may be relaxed in appropriate cases

## Opinion text

JUSTICE BILANDIC, also dissenting:
I respectfully dissent. Rehearing in this case should not have been allowed. I agree with the original opinion that was filed in this cause, as quoted in Chief Justice Harrison’s separate dissent. I, however, do not join in the additional remarks set forth in Chief Justice Harrison’s dissent because they are not necessary for deciding the issue before us.

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