Pagano v. Occidental Chemical Corp.

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• plaintiff’s remedy “is to move to file an amended complaint before the summary judgment is granted under section 2-616(a) or after under section 2-1005(g)”
• “A plaintiff fixes the issues in controversy and the theories upon which recovery is sought by the allegations in his complaint. *** In ruling on a motion for summary judgment, the court looks to the pleadings to determine the issues in controversy.”
• “A plaintiff fixes the issues in controversy and the theories upon which recovery is sought by the allegations in his complaint. *** In ruling on [the] motion for summary judgment, the court looks to the pleadings to determine the issues in controversy.”
• “If the defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the claims as pled by the plaintiff, the motion will be granted without regard to the presence of evidentiary material which might create a right of recovery against the moving defendant on some unpled claim or theory”
• “If the defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the claims as pled by the plaintiff, the motion will be granted without regard to the presence of evidentiary material which might create a right of recovery against the moving defendant on some unpled claim or theory”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).