Label Printers v. Pflug

Plaintiff, The Label Printers, a partnership, appeals the order of the circuit court granting attorney fees to defendant, John C. Pflug, as damages for a preliminary injunction which was reversed on appeal. The issue on appeal is whether a defendant who is not obliged to pay attorney fees may seek compensation for the fees as damages pursuant to section 11 — 110 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/11-110 (West 1992)).

The facts underlying this appeal were supplied in our previous opinion regarding this cause. (The Label Printers v. Pflug (1991), 206 Ill. App. 3d 483.) Plaintiff sought a…