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- Title: Comet Casualty Co. v. Schneider
- Author : Illinois Appellate Court — First District (2Nd Division) Order Affirmed
- Release Date : January 28, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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Defendant, Marvin I. Schneider, an attorney (defendant), appeals from an order entered July 22, 1980, assessing $3,250 in attorney's fees against him and in favor of plaintiff Comet Casualty Company (Comet) for his disregard of court orders requiring that he abide by the terms of a consent decree entered on November 27, 1978. He raises as issues whether: the circuit court retained jurisdiction to enforce the consent decree; and, the circuit court erred in assessing attorney's fees against him. For the reasons which follow, we affirm. Defendant had served as counsel in approximately 1,500 to 1,800 lawsuits filed against Comet's insureds, as well as in other lawsuits involving uninsured motorists' and subrogation claims. Comet gave defendant its files relating to those claims together with a certain bank account to facilitate defendant's handling of litigated matters. On or about October 25, 1978, Comet notified defendant that he was discharged, and requested that he return all Comet's files relating to the lawsuits. Defendant refused to comply with Comet's request, and demanded payment of attorney's fees in excess of $100,000 before he would agree to release the files.