Shimanovsky v. General Motors Corp.

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAMPBELL

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs Mildred and Almarvin Shimanovsky appeal an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing their product liability complaint against defendant General Motors Corporation (GM) as a discovery sanction pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 219 (134 Ill. 2d R. 219).

The record on appeal, including the pleadings and discovery materials, indicates the following facts. Plaintiffs filed this product liability complaint against GM on June 16, 1986. The complaint alleges that on July 7, 1985, while travelling northbound on…