Berkin v. Orland Park Plaza Bank

Plaintiffs appeal from a December 18, 1987, order granting defendant’s section 2—611 motion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2—611) against the plaintiffs and their attorneys and from a September 15, 1988, order dismissing the attorneys and assessing $4,533.60 in attorney fees and costs solely against plaintiffs. Plaintiffs complain that the section 2—611 motion was not timely filed, and even if it were, the sanction award was improperly assessed against them and included improperly assessed fees.

On December 10, 1984, plaintiffs, by their attorneys, Carl L. Klein and John B. Petrulis,…