FREMAREK v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS.

No. 1-94-1551.

651 N.E.2d 601 (1995)

272 Ill. App.3d 1067

209 Ill.Dec. 423

Melvin FREMAREK, Plaintiff and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Co., et al., Defendants (Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

May 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Condron, Susan E. Loggans & Associates, Chicago, for plaintiff.

Joseph P. Postel, Meachum & Hittle, Keevers & Hittle, Chicago, for defendants.


Justice THOMAS J. O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal involves the humble issue of the adjudication of a statutory workers' compensation lien. Had appellant's counsel presented the issue to the trial court with the minimum investigation of the facts and the law, the issue would have been a visitor to the court house, but once. Instead, the controversy resulted in the entry of twenty-one (21) court orders over a 2½ year period. At its conclusion...

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