Foley v. Greer

In Foley v. Greer, 333 Ill. App. 3d 500, 503, 775 N.E.2d 665, 668, 266 Ill. Dec. 825 (2002), the Fifth District addressed the venue provision of the Uniform Arbitration Act (710 ILCS 5/17 (West 1998)), which required court actions to be filed in the county where a previous arbitration hearing was held. Citing the Third District's holding in Mazur v. Quarters Designs, Inc., 248 Ill. App. 3d 873, 875, 619 N.E.2d 763, 764, 189 Ill. Dec. 62 (1993), the Foley court concluded the specific venue statute of the Uniform Arbitration Act was the applicable venue provision. Foley, 333 Ill. App. 3d at 503, 775 N.E.2d at 668.