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LOCASTO v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 1-11-3576, 1-12-0608, 1-12-0705.

6 N.E.3d 435 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 113576

379 Ill. Dec. 358

Joseph W. LOCASTO, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, John S. McKillop, Director of Training/EMS, ARF Abdellatif, Monica Porter, and Anthony Longini, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Hart , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., Novi, Michigan, for appellant.

Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, Chicago, for appellees.

OPINION

Presiding Justice HYMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 For years lawyers have complained about how rarely trial judges mete out sanctions for dilatory discovery practices. This reluctance, they say, has contributed to an environment in which some lawyers (and parties, too) flout court rules and court orders because the chances of unpleasant consequences tend to be so low. But that is not what happened here.

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