Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Illinois

If all you filed for was possession and now you want to add unpaid rent, you must amend. If you filed for possession and a fixed amount of past due rent, you must amend but the judge may allow you to amend at trial (if it gets that far) if you already filed for rent. What you may not know is that summary judgment is a very HARSH procedural tool, and judges generally don't like granting that kind of motion because it denies the opposing party their day in court so to speak. The facts would have to be crystal clear and not subject to argumentation of virtually any kind.