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Zietara v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.

Case Date: 10/19/2005
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-05-0164 Rel

                                                                                                                                                                                        THIRD DIVISION
                                                                                                                                                                                        October 19, 2005

 

No. 1-05-0164

BOGDAN ZIETARA,

                        Plaintiff-Appellant,

          v.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION,

                       Defendant-Appellee

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                  the Circuit Court
                  of Cook County.

                  No. 03 M1 176475

                  Honorable
                  Moira S. Johnson,
                  Judge Presiding.

JUSTICE THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Bogdan Zietara appeals from the order of the circuit court of Cook Countybarring him from rejecting an arbitration award entered in favor of defendant DaimlerChryslerCorporation. Plaintiff contends that the circuit court abused its discretion in sanctioning himbased on (1) a finding that plaintiff violated Supreme Court Rule 91(a) (145 Ill. 2d R. 91(a)); and(2) a finding that the arbitrators lacked discretion to proceed with the arbitration when plaintiffarrived "minutes late." For the following reasons, we reverse and remand this case for furtherproceedings consistent with this opinion.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff brought a breach of warranty action against defendant pursuant to theMagnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act (15 U.S.C.