Ianotti v. Chicago Park District

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Dean Ianotti, filed a notice of rejection of an arbitrator’s award seven days late. The issue we address is whether a party who files a notice of rejection of an arbitrator’s award one week late should be allowed under any circumstances to proceed to trial.

Ianotti brought a negligence action in the circuit court of Cook County against the defendants, the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Bears Football Club, for an injury he sustained as a spectator at a Bears football game. The case was assigned to mandatory…