LAW FIRM SANCTIONED FOR FALSE COMPLAINT.

From: Automotive News | Date: August 23, 1999| Author: Correspondent, ERIC FREEDMAN Special | Copyright information

The Illinois Appellate Court has ordered a plaintiffs' law firm in suburban Chicago to pay more than $30,000 as a sanction for knowingly filing a false complaint in a breach-of-warranty suit.

The firm of Lehrer, Flaherty & Canavan in Wheaton knew the court complaint against Volks-wagen of America Inc., Volks-wagen Credit Inc. and a dealership was false because Audi had offered repeatedly to replace its clients' defective 1990 Audi 90 Quattro, the three-judge panel said....

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