Comet Casualty Co. v. Schneider

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Marvin I. Schneider, an attorney (defendant), appeals from an order entered July 22, 1980, assessing $3,250 in attorney’s fees against him and in favor of plaintiff Comet Casualty Company (Comet) for his disregard of court orders requiring that he abide by the terms of a consent decree entered on November 27, 1978. He raises as issues whether: the circuit court retained jurisdiction to enforce the consent decree; and, the circuit court erred in assessing attorney’s fees against him. For the reasons which follow, we…