Flisk v. Central Area Park District

Plaintiffs charge that defendants wrongfully terminated their employment as police officers and seek both equitable relief and damages. After a default judgment was entered in favor of plaintiffs, defendants filed a petition to vacate pursuant to section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2— 1401), which itself was subsequently dismissed for want of prosecution. However, the trial judge granted a second section 2 — 1401 petition filed by defendants approximately six months later. Plaintiffs appeal from this ruling. We reverse.

On June 30, 1987,…