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Laughlin v. Evanston Hospital

Citations

  • 550 N.E.2d 986
  • 133 Ill. 2d 374
  • 140 Ill. Dec. 861
  • 1990 Ill. LEXIS 16

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the Consumer Fraud Act is limited to conduct that defrauds or deceives consumers or others and that “[t]o construe the Consumer Fraud Act to give a cause of action for discriminatory pricing that the legislature refused to give under the Antitrust Act would be incongruous.”
  • consumers can bring a consumer fraud claim when conduct is actionable under the Illinois Antitrust Act
  • consumers can bring a consumer fraud claim when conduct is actionable under the Illinois Antitrust Act
  • consumers can bring a consumer fraud claim when conduct is actionable under the Illinois Antitrust Act
  • “To construe the Consumer Fraud Act to give a cause of action for discriminatory pricing that the legislature refused to give under the Antitrust Act would be incongruous.”
  • CFA prohibits merchants from engaging in false, misleading, or fraudulent acts in their transactions with their customers, relating to the purchase of good or services

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Judges: Ward, Calvo, Clark

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