Legal Opinion
MacKler Productions, Inc. v. Turtle Bay Apparel Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 6, 2001No. 92 Civ 5745 DCPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHIN, District Judge.
In what should be the final chapter of a lawsuit that commenced in 1992, the Court must determine the amount of sanctions to reimpose on Frank Cohen, Esq. — trial counsel for three of the defendants — for causing a defense witness to present false evidence. Specifically, the issue is whether compensatory sanctions, which are awarded to compensate an aggrieved party for injury caused by an attorney’s past misconduct or to prevent future misconduct, are appropriate where, as here, the aggrieved party (plaintiff) ultimately prevailed at trial and where its…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Stephen King v. Allied Vision, Ltd. And Innovation Books, a Division of the Innovation Corporation, New Line Cinema CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Anne Anderson v. Beatrice Foods Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Michael J. Elkin v. William H. Fauver, E. Calvin Neubert, Donald Mee, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
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