Dudek, Inc. v. Shred Pax Corp.

This case was previously considered on appeal by this court. (Dudek, Inc. v. Shred Pax Corp. (1990), 196 Ill. App. 3d 720, 554 N.E.2d 1002 (Dudek I).) The sole contention resolved in Dudek I was whether the circuit court abused its discretion in granting plaintiff Dudek, Inc.’s section 2 — 1401 petition (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 2— 1401 (now 735 ILCS 5/2 — 1401 (West 1992)) (section 2 — 1401)) to vacate the dismissal for want of prosecution of its first amended complaint. We reversed and remanded for further proceedings on Shred Pax’ subsisting counterclaim, Dudek’s answer thereto…