Where the defendant has not been found guilty under a statute which specifically permits the assessment against them of the plaintiff’s attorney fees, there is no mechanism in common law for shifting the costs of attorney fees to a guilty defendant and assessing attorney fees is, therefore, not permitted.The 1st District Appellate Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a decision by Cook County Associate Judge James E. Snyder.Meredith and Jason Kroot filed suit against Shu Chan and Yvonne Lau, alleging common …