Court Opinion

ID: 9518508
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 00:54:48.154707+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:29:22.709210
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Supplemental Opinion Upon Denial of Rehearing JUSTICE GROMETER delivered the opinion of the court: We previously reversed a decision of the circuit court of Du Page County granting judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendant. Defendant has filed a petition for rehearing. For the reasons that follow, we deny the petition. First, we note that defendant raises additional arguments in her petition that were not raised in her opening brief. Points not argued are waived and may not be urged on rehearing. 210 Ill. 2d R. 341(e)(7). Specifically, defendant contends that plaintiff waived the issue of bias by failing to raise an objection at the original administrative rulemaking proceeding and that section 140.436 of the Illinois Administrative Code (89 Ill. Adm. Code § 140.436 (2000)) vests defendant with discretion to deny requests for funding for private duty nursing. Because these arguments were not advanced until now, we find them waived for the purpose of this action and we express no opinion upon them. We further note that defendant’s second argument is based in part on certain inferences she attempts to draw from the record. For example, defendant relies on plaintiffs “implied admission” that the amendment to the plan was valid. While such arguments might carry some force, they are inappropriate at this stage of the proceedings. In resolving a motion for judgment on the pleadings, the nonmovant is entitled to all reasonable inferences. Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Co. v. Heaven’s Little Hands Day Care, 343 Ill. App. 3d 309, 314 (2003). The sole issue in this appeal was whether defendant was entitled to judgment on the pleadings; we simply concluded that she was not. Accordingly, we deny defendant’s petition for rehearing. HUTCHINSON and KAPALA, JJ., concur.