Akpan v. Sharma

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Dilaram Sharma appeals the circuit court’s orders requiring the parties to participate in a second mandatory arbitration hearing, barring Sharma from rejecting the second arbitration award, and entering judgment in favor of plaintiff, Bernard Akpan. For reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.

Akpan sued Sharma after the car he was driving on November 1, 1992, was struck by a car owned and operated by Sharma, causing his injuries and damages. Akpan filed suit against Sharma two months later, on January 8, 1993. Sharma…