Dayan v. McDonald's Corp.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BUCKLEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Raymond Dayan 1 appeals from two separate orders entered by the trial court — one awarding $1,842,905.38 in attorney fees and expenses to defendant McDonald’s Corporation pursuant to section 2 — 611 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, par. 2 — 611) and another awarding the defendant corporation $30,891.55 in costs. These fees and costs were taxed against plaintiff in connection with plaintiff’s suit to enjoin McDonald’s from terminating his restaurant franchise in Paris, France. After a lengthy…