Gershak v. Feign

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAHILL

delivered the opinion of the court:

We review a trial court order that barred rejection of arbitration awards in 122 cases because the notices of rejection were not personally signed by an attorney of record. The notices were filed under Supreme Court Rule 95 (134 Ill. 2d R. 95), 1 of 10 supreme court rules (Supreme Court Rules 86 through 95) that govern mandatory arbitration of civil actions exclusively for money in an amount or of a value not in excess of the monetary limit authorized by the supreme court. 155 Ill. 2d R. 86. In most of the cases, the notices of…