Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Insurance
Declaratory judgment action filed regarding coverage for multivehicle accident with many fatalities and injuries. Defendant owners of trailer involved in accident filed supplemental fee petition seeking insurer for attorney fees and costs and prejudgment interest. Law of the case doctrine bars parties from relitigating issues already decided in same case, as to questions of law and fact and both explicit and implicit decisions. Court properly denied insurer's discovery request, as insurer was seeking discovery as to issues barred by law of the case doctrine. Insurer bears burden of identifying evidence to be elicited in evidentiary hearing to show that insurer is entitled to evidentiary hearing on fee petition. (PIERCE and LIU, concurring.)