Vision Point of Sale, Inc. v. Haas

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “what constitutes good cause,” in the context of a motion for extension of time, “is fact- dependent and rests within the sound discretion of the circuit court”
• noting that “good cause” is “fact-dependent and rests within the. sound discretion of the circuit court,” and demands that a party provide “clear, objective reasons why it was unable to meet the original deadline and why an extension of time should be granted”
• “The inverse is implicit in the rule–requests will not be deemed admitted if the responding party serves a proper response within 28 days after service.”
• \there is a broad overall policy goal of resolving cases on the merits rather than on technicalities\
• Circuit courts in Illinois are vested with the power “to adopt local rules governing civil and criminal cases so long as ... they do not conflict with supreme court rules or statutes.... ”
• plain language of the rule provides that written objections need not be sworn

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).