Fidelity Financial Services, Inc. v. Hicks

Appellants, Daniel A. Edelman, Lawrence Walner, and Lawrence Walner & Associates, Ltd. (collectively Edelman), attorneys for the defendants in the underlying litigation with plaintiff, Fidelity Financial Services, Inc. (Fidelity), appeal an order they contend found them in contempt of court for violating a nondisclosure clause in a settlement agreement. This court has entertained a prior appeal in the underlying litigation (see Fidelity Financial Services, Inc. v. Hicks (1991), 214 Ill. App. 3d 398, 574 N.E.2d 15, appeal denied (1991), 141 Ill. 2d 539, 580 N.E.2d 112) (Fidelity I), the facts…