Zimmerman v. Village of Skokie

PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff appeals from an order denying his petition pursuant to section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 2 — 1401) to vacate a dismissal order. The order was entered against plaintiff pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 219 (107 Ill. 2d R. 219) for his failure to produce his son Scott Zimmerman (Scott) for deposition and his failure to respond to defendants’ written discovery as required by court orders. We consider the following three issues: (1) whether the trial court abused its…