96 Ill. App. 2d 1 - Simon v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. ““The law is clear that a denial of a motion for summary judgment, not being a final order, is not appealable. [Citations.] Plaintiff cannot by refusing or failing to proceed, thereby inviting a dismissal of her suit, accomplish indirectly what cannot be done directly. A denial of a motion for summary judgment is not, at the time entered, and never becomes a reviewable order. If an order denying a motion for summary judgment were reviewable as a matter of right after dismissal of the suit for want of prosecution, a plaintiff could effectively obtain review of any interlocutory order by failing to go forward with the presentation of his case.” (Simon v. Jones (1968), 96 Ill. App. 2d 1, 5 , 238 N.E.2d 259, 261 .)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 81 Ill. App. 3d 1031 - Cedric Spring & Associates, Inc. v. N.E.I. Corp. · 134 Ill. App. 3d 56 - Dick Lashbrook Corp. v. Pinebrook Foundation, Inc.