Fine Arts Distributors v. Hilton Hotel Corp.

Plaintiff Stanley Tucker, doing business as Fine Arts Distributors, appeals from an order dismissing with prejudice his cause of action against Hilton Hotel Corporation and two other defendants. The trial court dismissed plaintiff’s action under Supreme Court Rule 219(c) as a sanction for plaintiff’s noncompliance with both the court’s order for discovery and defendants’ notices of deposition. (111. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110A, par. 219(c).) Defendants cross-appeal an earlier order of the trial court, also a discovery sanction under Rule 219(c), barring the testimony of defendant Paul Gaeta.

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