Case Name: ELIZABETH DILLIE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KELLY LEE BISBY et al., Defendants-Appellants
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1984-01-26
Citations: 121 Ill. App. 3d 559
Docket Number: No. 3—83—0106
Parties: ELIZABETH DILLIE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KELLY LEE BISBY et al., Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports, Third Series
Volume: 121
Pages: 559–562

Head Matter:
ELIZABETH DILLIE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KELLY LEE BISBY et al., Defendants-Appellants.
Third District
No. 3-83-0106
Opinion filed January 26, 1984.
STOUDER, P.J., specially concurring.
Max D. Cartwright, of Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton & Noe, of Moline, for appellants Kelly Lee Bisby and William A. Bisby.
Robert T. Park, of Katz, McAndrews, Durkee, Balch & Lefstein, P.C., of Rock Island, for appellants Dianne J. Verschoore and Scott Verschoore.
Shepard Gould, Peter D. Kasdin, and Philip J. Nathanson, all of Kasdin & Nathanson, of Chicago, and Frank G. Schubert, of Rock Island, for appellee.

Opinion:
JUSTICE HEIPLE
delivered the opinion of the court:
In this personal injury action, the defendants filed motions to dismiss with prejudice because of the plaintiff's failure to exercise due diligence in obtaining service of process after the statute of limitations had run. (87 Ill. 2d R. 103.) The plaintiff filed a motion for voluntary dismissal. The plaintiff's motion was granted, and the defendants' motions were denied. The defendants appeal.
The plaintiff correctly argues that an order granting a motion for voluntary dismissal and denying a motion to dismiss is not final or appealable. Denial of a motion to strike or dismiss is an interlocutory order, which is not a final disposition of the proceeding sufficient to confer jurisdiction on an appellate court. (Rosinia v. Gusmano (1980), 90 Ill. App. 3d 882.) Likewise, an order of voluntary dismissal is not a final disposition because the plaintiff is permitted to refile the action within one year. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, par. 13 — 217.
Although the plaintiff has not filed a motion to dismiss, an appellate court is without jurisdiction to review nonfinal orders. Therefore, we will dismiss the defendants' appeal on our own motion.
It is to be noted, however, that the author of this opinion and Justice Scott, who concurs therewith, both also concur with the views expressed by Justice Stouder in the special concurring opinion.
Appeal dismissed.
SCOTT, J., concurs.