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PEAL v. LEE

Nos. 1-09-2460, 1-09-3000.

933 N.E.2d 450 (2010)

Richard PEAL, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Cindy LEE, Ken Rizzo, and Glenview Park District, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

July 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foley & Lardner, LLP, Miki Vucic Tesija, Katherine E. Licup, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Richard Peal.

Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin, & Tominberg, Ltd., Joseph Gagliardo, Gregory James, Jr., Jeffrey Fowler, David Moore, Chicago, IL (Edward Dutton, of counsel, Park District Risk Management Agency, Wheaton, IL), for Defendants-Appellees, Ken Rizzo, Cindy Lee, Glenview Park District.

Justice LAVIN delivered the opinion of the court:

Here we consider the appeal of an ice skating instructor who filed suit for defamation and other causes of action after being fired by his employer. During the course of discovery, plaintiff deliberately deleted thousands of files from his personal computer, using multiple programs with names like File Shredder and Privacy Eraser Pro. This led the trial court to dismiss his lawsuit as a sanction for the profligacy...

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