Galowich v. Beech Aircraft Corp.

Defendants appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting plaintiffs’ motion for voluntary dismissal and taxing as costs to plaintiffs the appearance fees and jury demand fees incurred by defendants. The sole issue presented for review is whether the trial court erred in denying defendants’ request for the imposition of additional expenses incurred by them. A summary of the necessary facts follows.

These consolidated cases arise from the crash of an aircraft manufactured by Beech Aircraft Corporation. After extensive discovery the cases were assigned for trial on January 29,…