Hernandez v. Williams

Following a trial for which the defendant demanded that a jury be impaneled and at which the defendant presented no evidence on his own behalf, the plaintiff, James Hernandez, moved that sanctions be imposed on the defendant’s counsel, the law firm of Moss & Hillison, for violations of Supreme Court Rule 137 (134 Ill. 2d R. 137) (Rule 137). The trial court granted the plaintiff’s motion and imposed sanctions of $2,525. We affirm.

The facts are simple. This was a small claims case. The plaintiff’s complaint alleged that the defendant had negligently caused damage to the plaintiff’s vehicle.…