Transamerica Insurance Group v. Lee

For what it believed to be an egregious violation of the discovery rules by the defendant’s attorneys, the law firm of Parrillo, Weiss & Moss, the trial court entered a $5,000 judgment against the defendant and awarded it to the plaintiff’s attorney as attorney fees. The court based its ruling upon Supreme Court Rules 219(c) and (d), which allow the court to impose “such orders as are just” for violation of the discovery rules, including “attorney’s fees incurred by any party as a result of the misconduct.” (87 Ill. 2d Rules 219(c), (d).) As additional support for its ruling, the court cited…