Appellate Court of Illinois· 6/28/2001

Smith v. PACE, a SUBURBAN BUS DIV.

Citations

753 N.E.2d 353
323 Ill. App. 3d 1067
257 Ill. Dec. 158

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holding that Supreme Court Rule 219(e) “discourages the abuse of voluntary dismissals by attaching adverse consequences when the plaintiff refiles the action”
reversing sanction where it prohibited the sanctioned party from calling himself as his own witness and thus denied the party a trial on the merits
reversing sanction where it prohibited even sanctioned party from calling himself as his own witness and thus denied the party a trial on the merits
an appeal from a voluntary dismissal “does not vest [the appellate court] with jurisdiction to review the merits of other nonfinal orders entered prior to the order granting voluntary dismissal”

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Judges: Hoffman

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