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Connick v. Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd.

Citations

  • 675 N.E.2d 584
  • 174 Ill. 2d 482
  • 221 Ill. Dec. 389
  • 30 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 709
  • 1996 Ill. LEXIS 116

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that under Illinois law only a consumer buyer who suffered a personal injury may satisfy § 2-607 by filing suit
  • holding that express warranties or promises by the manufacturer provide privity for a consumer to sue under an implied warranty theory under the MMWA but not under the UCC
  • holding that dismissal was appropriate because plaintiffs suffered only economic damages and did not provide pre-litigation notice
  • holding that notice is unnecessary where the seller is “somehow apprised of the trouble with the particular product purchased by a partic- ular buyer”
  • holding that dismissal was appropriate because plaintiffs suffered only economic damages and did not provide pre-litigation notice
  • holding that the notice requirement is satisfied “only where the manufacturer is somehow apprised of the trouble with the particular product purchased by a particular buyer.”

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Judges: Heiple, Harrison, McMorrow, Freeman

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