Anderson v. Grand Bahama Development Co.

Petitioners have appealed from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying them leave for post-judgment intervention in a lawsuit. That lawsuit was originally filed as a class action but was then amended to delete all class allegations and was dismissed following a settlement between all named plaintiffs and the defendants (appellees here). Petitioners also appeal from the circuit court’s denial of their motion to open the cause pursuant to section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2 — 1401).

We affirm.

In 1976 the original plaintiffs in this…