MB Financial, N.A. v. Stevens

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Attorney David Novoselsky, purporting to represent MB Financial as guardian of Cristina Zvunca’s financial interests, filed suit in a state court against six defendants. This suit alleged, among other things, that several of the defendants had abused Zvunea. It had multiple problems, including the fact that Tiberiu Klein, Zvunca’s general guardian (she is a minor), had discharged Novoselsky as Zvunca’s lawyer. When defendants pointed out the suit’s shortcomings, Novoselsky dismissed the complaint — but the defendants, who had been defamed and put to the expense of…