DIVANE v. KRULL ELEC. CO., INC.

No. 98-2137.

200 F.3d 1020 (1999)

William T. DIVANE, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KRULL ELECTRIC CO., INC., Defendant, and John J. Curry, Jr., Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Shannon (argued), Tenney & Bentley, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Sandra M. Weil, Weil & Associates, Northbrook, IL, for Defendant.

Reuben A. Bernick (argued), Cohon, Raizes & Regal, Chicago, IL, John J. Curry, Jr., Foran, Nasharr & O'Toole, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

After a tortuous three-year road to trial, which cost plaintiffs over $40,000 in attorneys' fees and costs (with only $14,000 originally in dispute), the plaintiffs, collectively known as Electric Insurance Trustees ("Trustees"), won a judgment at bench trial for $54,001.07. During post-judgment proceedings (based on pre-trial conduct), the district court imposed Rule 11 sanctions on John J. Curry, Jr., counsel to defendant Krull Electric Co...

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