Civil Procedure Appeal; length of brief; sanctions Flagrant violations of FRAP 32 may warrant dismissal of the appeal. “The flagrancy of the violation in this case might well justify the dismissal of the appeal: let this be a warning. But ...

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Civil Procedure Spoliation; sanctions At issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erroneously dismissed Goodman Manufacturing Company (Goodman) from a subrogated claim brought by American Family Mutual Insurance Company (American Family) as a sanction against Donovan & Jorgenson, ...

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Bankruptcy Sanctions Where an attorney filed a bankruptcy petition, knowing the client was not eligible for discharge, for the sole purpose of delaying a garnishment creditor, a $500 sanction is appropriate. “She freely admitted she had filed the case solely ...

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Boston - Sanction motions and awards for e-discovery violations across the country have climbed dramatically in recent years and have now hit "historic highs," according to a study published in the Duke Law Journal.

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Bankruptcy Sanctions Where most of an attorney’s errors in a bankruptcy proceeding were procedural errors rather than the result of bad faith, a sanction of more than $60,000 is excessive. “Notwithstanding the reasonableness of the decision to award sanctions and ...

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Juveniles Sanctions; contempt Mario Jimenez appeals an order sanctioning him for failing to comply with conditions imposed after he was found to have violated a municipal truancy ordinance. See Wis. Stat. § 938.55(6m)(ag). Jimenez argues the circuit court did not ...

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Civil Procedure Contempt; sanctions We sua sponte consolidate these two appeals. See Wis. Stat. Rule 809.10(3). In 2009AP2020, Thomas Wild, J. Manuel Raneda, Esq., and The Law Offices of J. Manuel Raneda, LLC, appeal the Honorable Dennis P. Moroney’s June ...

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Civil Procedure Frivolous lawsuits; sanctions This appeal arises from Ann Moore’s claimed future interest in a cottage owned by her mother, Mary Dougherty. Moore appeals from the part of an order granting Dougherty’s motion for sanctions against her for violating ...

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Civil Procedure Sanctions; attorney fees Fidelis Omegbu, pro se, appeals the circuit court’s order dismissing this action. The issues are whether the circuit court properly ordered Omegbu to pay partial attorney fees as a sanction for filing summary judgment motions ...

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Civil Procedure Discovery; sanctions It was not an abuse of discretion not to preclude an insurer from contesting coverage as a sanction for not producing the policy in response to discover requests. “While the circuit court did not make an ...

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