Smith v. PACE, a SUBURBAN BUS DIV.

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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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