DOMANUS v. LEWICKI

No. 13-2435.

742 F.3d 290 (2014)

Jan DOMANUS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Derek LEWICKI, Adam Swiech, and Richard Swiech, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fay Clayton , Attorney, Robinson, Curley & Clayton, P.C., Chicago, IL, Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Lucas M. Fuksa , Attorney, Fuksa Khorshid, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Adam Swiech, Richard Swiech, and Derek Lewicki received a host of discovery sanctions in the district court. These sanctions eventually led to the ultimate penalty, when they ended up on the wrong end of a $413,000,000 default judgment. In this appeal, the defendants claim that the district judge abused her discretion both in levying this harsh sanction and in calculating the damages they owe. We disagree...

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