SWANSON v. CATER

No. 2-92-1074.

630 N.E.2d 193 (1994)

258 Ill. App.3d 157

196 Ill.Dec. 496

Lonnie A. SWANSON, Plaintiff, v. Gary N. CATER et al., Indiv. and as Adm'rs of the Estate of Terri L. Cater, Defendants (Jeffrey Lizer et al., Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants; Robert Steven Wilson, Appellant and Cross-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Wilson, Sycamore, for Lonnie A. Swanson, Robert Steven Wilson.

Cynthia J. Schroeder, Santa Barbara, CA, Larson, Mickey & Larson, Gary K. Mickey, Mickey, Wilson, Weiler & Renzi, Aurora, for Gary N. Cater, Diana J. Cater, Jeffrey Lizer, Diane M. Lizer.


Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

Attorney Robert Steven Wilson, who represented the plaintiff, Lonnie Swanson, in the latter's suit for negligence, appeals a trial court order imposing sanctions on him and his client pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 137 (134 Ill.2d R. 137). The sanctions were based on the court's finding that plaintiff's claim against Jeffrey Lizer for negligent entrustment was frivolous. Defendants Jeffrey and Diane Lizer purport...

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