Court Opinion

ID: 9524784
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 02:57:12.581025+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:11:56.584369
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE RAKOWSKI, dissenting: It is my opinion that the decision to deny reinstatement was not an abuse of discretion. Nor do I agree with the majority’s position that causing plaintiff to comply with Supreme Court Rule 369(c) is only technical and would amount to a rigid and unreasonable adherence to formalism. Finally, although I agree that the application of loches depends upon the conduct of all the parties, I fail to understand how a defendant can be faulted for failing to cause plaintiffs case to be reinstated or set for trial. Accordingly, I would affirm the judgment of the circuit court.