In The News, Sanctions: Over $1 Million Sanctions Imposed Against Condo Plaintiff And His Lawyer In Cook County Superior Court

Sanctions Paid For Fees Incurred By HOA/Condo Board Members And For Increased HOA Insurance Costs.

            As reported by Debra Cassens Weiss in an April 8, 2019 post on the ABA Journal (on-line version), a Cook County, Illinois (Chicago) state court judge has sanctioned a condo litigant and his attorney over $1 million in sanctions to cover attorney’s fees/costs incurred by the HOA and a condo board member as well as to cover increased HOA insurance costs. Judge Margaret Ann Brennan found no basis for the claim and labeled the sanctioned persons’ actions as “simply obscene.” One of the defending attorneys, who has practiced 48 years in Cook County, observed that the sanctions award could be a record and was one like he had never seen before as far as amount.