United States Seventh Circuit

Award of costs and fees as sanction for obstructing the enforcement of a settlement agreement in a workers' compensation suit brought by an employee injured by a brick conveyor is affirmed where the attorney's conduct unquestionably satisfied the standard for objective bad faith, and double sanctions are awarded where the appeal was frivolous.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/08/2005
• Decided 09/06/2006
• Published 09/06/2006

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Eric J. Carlson, Carlson & Wendler, Edwardsville, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., George M. Velcich, Belgrade & O'Donnell, James R. Branit (argued), Bullaro, Carton & Stone, Chicago, IL, Howard L. Huntington, Bullaro & Carton, Munster, IN, for Defendants-Appellees Basic Machinery Co., Inc. and Fanuc Robotics America, Inc., Gregory G. Vacala (argued), Rusin, Patton, Maciorowski & Friedman, Chicago, IL, pro se and for Defendant-Appellant.