People ex rel. West v. Herrendorf

I respectfully dissent because the record indicates that the trial court failed to apply the proper standards in ruling on defendant’s motion for sanctions under section 2 — 611. The motion alleged, and the record discloses, several untruthful, incomplete and misleading statements of fact and law made by plaintiff and her attorney and the possible existence of an improper motivation for pursuing, for nearly two years, this paternity action against defendant as the only alleged father. Thus, I believe that it was incumbent upon the trial court to apply the proper standards in determining the…