ASHLEY v. SCOTT

No. 2-93-1433.

640 N.E.2d 677 (1994)

266 Ill. App.3d 302

203 Ill.Dec. 757

Christina ASHLEY, Plaintiff, v. James M. SCOTT, Defendant (James H. Scott, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee; Illinois Farmers Insurance Company et al., Respondents-Appellees and Cross-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Harrison Stacey, Wheaton, for James H. Scott.

Greene, Jones, Brisske & Rice, T. Patrick Rice, Wheaton, and Collins & Black, Robert G. Black, Naperville, for Illinois Farmers Ins. Co. and T. Patrick Rice.


Presiding Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Du Page County sanctioned respondents, attorney T. Patrick Rice (Rice) and Illinois Farmers Insurance Company (Farmers), for violating Supreme Court Rule 137 (Official Reports Advance Sheet No. 26 (December 22, 1993), R. 137, eff. February 1, 1994) by alleging negligent entrustment in a civil complaint without any factual basis and without adequate investigation. Petitioner, James H...

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