CRUZ v. NORTHWESTERN CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH SALES, INC.

Nos. 82619, 82726.

688 N.E.2d 653 (1997)

179 Ill.2d 271

227 Ill.Dec. 960

Virginia CRUZ, Appellant, v. NORTHWESTERN CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH SALES, INC., et al., Appellees. Jeffrey KOLAR et al., Appellants, v. ARLINGTON TOYOTA, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhonda L. Walker, Chicago, for Virginia Cruz.

Monica Tynan, James J. Roche & Associates, Chicago, for Northwestern Chrysler Plymouth Sales.

Timothy V. Hoffman, Sanchez & Daniels, Chicago, for Chrysler Corporation, Chrysler Credit Corporation.

Edwin R. McCullough, Andy Norman, Chicago, for Jeffrey Kolar.

Norman Ruber, Chicago, for Arlington Toyota, Inc.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

These two consolidated appeals present a common issue: What procedure should plaintiffs follow to obtain statutory attorney fee awards where their causes of action have been submitted to mandatory court-annexed arbitration in accordance with the rules of this court? In each of the cases before us, the fee petitions were presented to and ruled upon by the circuit court after it entered judgment on the arbitration...

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