Saeed v. Bank of Ravenswood

Plaintiff brought this negligence action to recover for personal injuries suffered in a fall on defendants’ property. The complaint was dismissed with prejudice on defendants’ motion for sanctions because of plaintiff’s failure to comply with discovery requests. The trial court denied plaintiff’s subsequent motion to vacate the dismissal but later granted plaintiff’s petition, under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act, to vacate the dismissal. Defendants appeal from this order, contending that the section 72 petition was insufficient as a matter of law and that the court abused its…