United States Seventh Circuit

In a personal injury suit against an employer, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion since the evidence of bad faith in plaintiff's attorney's withholding of documents was manifest. Sanctions against the attorney are affirmed but remanded for recalculation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/23/2007
• Decided 08/29/2007
• Published 08/29/2007

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven P. Garmisa, Hoey & Farina, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., George T. Brugess (argued), Hoey & Farina, Chicago, IL, pro se., Steven P. Garmisa, Hoey & Farina, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark E. Shure (argued), Keating & Shure, Daniel J. Mohan, Daley & Mohan, George T. Brugess, Hoey & Farina, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.