Appellate Court of Illinois· 9/24/1982

McDonald's Corp. v. Levine

Citations

439 N.E.2d 475
108 Ill. App. 3d 732
64 Ill. Dec. 224
1982 Ill. App. LEXIS 2697

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holding that section 14 — 6 of the Eavesdropping Act, which lists three civil remedies available for violations thereunder — injunctive relief and actual and punitive damages — is not a statutory penalty
stating that a statutory penalty “imposes automatic liability for a violation of its terms and the amount of liability is predetermined by the act and imposed without actual damages suffered by the plaintiff”
section 2-619(a)(3) dismissal proper where \the very use of certain evidence in the first case was the violation charged in the second case\
even if eavesdropping claim was actually a claim for intrusion upon seclusion, the one-year statute of limitations of what is now section 13—201 would not apply to plaintiffs’ cause of action because intrusion upon seclusion requires publication
even if eavesdropping claim was actually a claim for intrusion upon seclusion, the one-year statute of limitations of what is now section 13--201 would not apply to plaintiffs’ cause of action because intrusion upon seclusion requires publication
interpreting what is now section 13 — 202

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