Subject Index Warranties

The Implied Warranty of Habitability in Illinois: A Critical Review

By Roger L. Price & M. Ryan Pinkston
February
2010
Article
, Page 92
A look at the implied warranty of habitability for Illinois homebuyers from the perspective of counsel for builders and sellers.

Otherwise invalid disclaimer may be made valid by parties’ “course of dealing”

December
2006
Illinois Law Update
, Page 650
On October 6, 2006, the Illinois Appellate Court, Third District, affirmed the decision of the Circuit Court of Will County, held that implied warranties had been disclaimed throughout the course of dealings between a window manufacturer and one of its parts suppliers, and granted the defendant parts supplier's motion to dismiss. 

Buyers of condominium units did not waive implied warranty of habitability when disclaimer in sales contract did not contain the phrase “implied warranty of habitability”

February
2002
Illinois Law Update
, Page 66
On November 21, 2001, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate court's affirmation of a motion to dismiss brought by condominium unit sellers.

Purchaser of used car stated claim for fraud based on concealment of known defect and statute of limitations for implied warranty began to toll anew when used vehicle was sold

January
2002
Illinois Law Update
, Page 14
On October 19, 2001, the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, reversed the Circuit Court of Cook County, which dismissed the plaintiff's complaint alleging consumer fraud and breach of the implied warranty of merchantability.

Implied warranty of habitability does not extend to a clubhouse

July
1999
Illinois Law Update
, Page 351
On May 20, 1999, the Illinois Supreme Court held that the appellate court properly affirmed the circuit court's dismissal of the plaintiff's claim that the implied warranty of habitability extended to a clubhouse in a residential development.

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