Pelon v. Wall

Plaintiff, Laura Pelón, appeals an order dismissing her three-count complaint against defendants, Bob Wall and Paul Seveska, and imposing sanctions pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 137 (134 Ill. 2d R. 137). The court dismissed the complaint pursuant to section 2 — 619(a)(4) of the Code of Civil Procedure (section 2 — 619(a)(4)) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 619(a)(4) (West 1992)), holding that the suit was barred by a judgment that dismissed plaintiff’s complaint against Copley Press, the employer of defendants Wall and Seveska. At the time the trial court dismissed the complaint here, the judgment on which…