American Society of Lubrication Engineers v. Roetheli

We are asked here to decide whether or not a court retains jurisdiction and the power to sanction an attorney who agrees at a pretrial conference to a settlement whose terms are incorporated in an agreed dismissal order and who then withholds payment for seven months. We affirm the decision of the trial court and hold that the court may award attorney fees in such a case under Supreme Court Rules 218 and 219 (134 Ill. 2d Rules 218, 219).

On the morning of January 2, 1991, lawyers for the plaintiff and the defendants appeared before a judge on the priority trial call in the municipal division…