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CENTRAL STATES v. LEWIS

No. 13-2214.

745 F.3d 283 (2014)

CENTRAL STATES, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST AREAS HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND, and Arthur H. Bunte, Jr., Trustee, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Beverly LEWIS and David T. Lashgari, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 12, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Kate McMahon , Central States Funds Law Department, Rosemont, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Arnold H. Landis , Law Offices of Arnold H. Landis, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendants appeal from an order of the district court holding them in contempt. Beverly Lewis was injured in an automobile accident in Georgia, and her health plan (the principal plaintiff in this case) paid $180,000 for the cost of her medical treatment (we round off all dollar figures to the nearest thousand). Represented by the other defendant in the present suit, Georgia lawyer David T. Lashgari, Lewis brought a tort suit in Georgia...

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