Title: Woodson v. Chicago Bd. of Educ.
Citation: 154 Ill. 2d 391, 182 Ill. Dec. 15, 609 N.E.2d 318
Docket Number: 73354
State: Illinois
Issuer: Illinois Supreme Court
Date: February 18, 1993

609 N.E.2d 318 (1993)
154 Ill. 2d 391
182 Ill. Dec. 15
Leontyne WOODSON, Appellee,
v.
The CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION, Appellant.
No. 73354.

Supreme Court of Illinois.
February 18, 1993.
Rehearing Denied March 29, 1993.
*319 Jones, Ware &amp; Grenard, Chicago (Mitchell Ware, Frank M. Grenard, Michael G. Thomas, Andrea Buford, Gerald Zansitis and Dianne McCollough, of counsel), for appellant.
Robert Habib, Chicago, for appellee.
Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:
This appeal arises from a default judgment which was entered by the circuit court of Cook County on December 14, 1987, against the Chicago board of education in the amount of $75,000. The judgment was based upon injuries Leontyne Woodson, plaintiff, sustained while on a school playground. The board contends that the default judgment was entered without proper notice, that the existence of the judgment was fraudulently concealed and that the judgment was void in that it was based upon a complaint which failed to state a cause of action. Additionally, the board contends that the $75,000 judgment was in excess of the amount requested, included punitive damages, and that the doctrine of laches prevents plaintiff from enforcing the judgment.
This appeal arises from the following procedural facts:
While we do not agree with all of the findings and conclusions contained in the unpublished order of the appellate court (Nos. 1-90-1411, 1-91-0204 cons. (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23)), we nonetheless affirm the dismissal of the appeal for the following reasons. The trial court order of May 8, 1990, was a final order. When the appeal of that order was dismissed for want of prosecution on September *321 27, 1990, and a petition for rehearing was not filed within 21 days, the dismissal order became final and the appellate court lost jurisdiction to consider additional arguments stemming from the May 8, 1990, order. The trial court order of June 19, 1990, on the other hand, was an interlocutory order which lacked the specific findings required under supreme court rules so as to render it appealable. Hence, the appellate court lacked jurisdiction to consider the appeal of that order. The same was true of the trial court order of December 11, 1990. People v. Mallett (1970), 45 Ill. 2d 388, 397-98, 259 N.E.2d 241; Waitcus v. Village of Gilberts (1989), 185 Ill.App.3d 248, 250-51, 133 Ill. Dec. 376, 541 N.E.2d 213; 134 Ill.2d Rules 304(a), 367(b).
Accordingly, the judgment of the appellate court, dismissing the appeal, is affirmed.
Affirmed.
Justice McMORROW took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.