Legal Opinion
Kristina K. Lorentzen and Alan Lorentzen v. Anderson Pest Control, Klean Master, Kankakee Industrial Supply Company, Appeal of Dennis E. Carlson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 28, 1995No. 94-1687, 94-2593PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
The district court sanctioned Dennis Carlson, plaintiffs’ attorney in the underlying action, for failing to conduct a proper pre-filing investigation and for continuing to pursue baseless litigation against Honeywell, Inc. (“Honeywell”) and ICI Americas, Inc. (“ICI”) after discovery revealed that they were not proper parties to the action. The district court declined to sanction ICI and Honeywell for allegedly filing a baseless joint Rule 54(b) motion and for allegedly making misrepresentations to the court. We affirm the rulings of the district court…
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- Abraham Egert and Christine Kraft-Egert v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and Employee Benefit Plan of the Canteen CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Rixson M. Perry v. Christopher R. Pogemiller and State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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