all - Opinion Summaries

Personal Court Reporters, Inc. v. Rand

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Sanctions
In an action for breach of contract and common counts brought by a provider of court reporting services: 1) the trial court's order denying the...

Bankhead v. ArvinMeritor, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Sanctions
In an asbestos personal injury case, a punitive damages award is affirmed, where: 1) there is no legal requirement that punitive damages must be...

Enmon v. Prospect Capital Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Sanctions
In a case in which a law firm was sanctioned for acting in bad faith and engaging in frivolous and vexatious litigation by opposing an arbitration,...

Companion Health Services, Inc. v. Kurtz

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
In a Massachusetts state law contract dispute: 1) the district court's imposition of default as to a veil piercing count as a sanction on the...

Mulero-Abreu v. Puerto Rico Police Dep't

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
The trial court's dismissal of an action with prejudice for the plaintiffs' failure to comply with an order to answer interrogatories is affirmed,...

P. Gioioso & Sons, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Comm'n

Administrative Law, Construction, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In a case in which an OSHA ALJ fined a construction contractor for violations of safety regulations relating to the excavation of a trench, a petition...

US v. Oceanpro Industries, Ltd.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Sanctions
In a prosecution of a seafood wholesaler and two of its employees for purchasing untagged and oversized striped bass in violation of the Lacey Act,...

McCarty v. Verizon New England, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions, Workers' Compensation
An award of attorney's fees to the defendants as a sanction against the plaintiff's attorney is affirmed, where: 1) the plaintiff's tort suit was...

R & R Sails, Inc. v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Sanctions
In a suit that included a claim of tortious bad faith denial of an insurance claim, the district court's judgment in favor of the insurer on that...

In re E.M.

Family Law, Juvenile Law, Sanctions
A mother's appeals from juvenile court jurisdiction and disposition orders are dismissed under the doctrine of disentitlement, where she willfully...