CANGELOSI v. CAPASSO

No. 2-05-0643.

851 N.E.2d 954 (2006)

John CANGELOSI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrizio CAPASSO, Rockford Radiology Associates, P.C., Todd D. Alexander, Individually, Todd D. Alexander, S.C., Thomas Dahlberg, and Rockford Memorial Hospital, d/b/a Positive Reflections, NFP, Defendants. (Richard D. Gaines, Contemnor-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

June 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Gaines, Eugene G. Doherty, Angela C. Bresnahan, Holmstrom & Kennedy, P.C., Rockford, for Richard D. Gaines.

Michael P. Schostok, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C., Waukegan, Robert G. Black, Law Offices of Robert G. Black, Naperville, for John Cangelosi.


Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Attorney Richard D. Gaines appeals from an order finding him in direct civil contempt of court and imposing a $50 fine for noncompliance with an order directing that he turn over notes authored by Lisa Bruening, a respondent in discovery. The issue is whether Bruening's notes, which contain her recollection of relevant events, which were authored within a day of the events, prior to any litigation, and which were...

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