In re Timofai Sanitation Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

KING, P.J.A.D.

This case involves a discovery dispute which resulted in the imposition of a $4,300 sanction, representing costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees, by an administrative law judge against the appellant law firm, Thatcher & Lanza. The appellant raises these issues: (1) the AU exceeded her authority in imposing compensatory monetary sanctions on the law firm; (2) the motion for sanctions was procedurally defective and the AU’s order improper; (3) the calculation of the sanction of $4,300 was erroneous.

This matter began when the Board of Public…