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· 9/30/1997

West Bend Mutual Insurance v. Herrera

Citations

  • 686 N.E.2d 645
  • 292 Ill. App. 3d 669
  • 226 Ill. Dec. 862
  • 1997 Ill. App. LEXIS 695

How courts have described this case

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  • reversing debarment where the trial court had found bad-faith participation of a non-English-speaking defendant who failed to testify or provide an interpreter
  • reversing debarment where the trial court had found bad faith participation of a non-English-speaking defendant who failed to testify or provide an interpreter
  • noting “there is no provision that the witness provide[s] an interpreter, if one is necessary,” but rather Rule 237 simply requires that a witness “ ‘appear’ ”
  • discouraging trial courts from finding bad faith where there has been no such finding by the arbitrators and where the trial court does not have the benefit of a transcript from the arbitration hearing

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Judges: Burke

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