Freeman v. Myers

This appeal involves an award of attorney fees to counsel because opposing counsel intentionally violated the trial court’s ruling in limine and thereby caused a mistrial. We agree with the trial court’s findings, but conclude the award of attorney fees is impermissible and reverse.

Plaintiffs, Gayle Freeman and Daniel Williams, were passengers in an automobile driven by Jeffrey Williams on September 27, 1981. At the intersection of business Route 66 and Nicholson Road in Logan County, Illinois, the Williams vehicle collided with an automobile driven by Merritt L. Myers. Myers and his wife…