Jerry Bayne, Inc. v. Skyland Industries, Inc.

WALKER, Judge.

Plaintiff assigns as error the trial court’s refusal to enter judgment for sanctions against defendant pursuant to Rule 11 on the ground that the evidence established as a matter of law that defendant’s actions violated this rule. Specifically, plaintiff argues Rule 11 was violated because: (1) the answer filed by Skyland’s attorney Allan P. Root was neither formed after reasonable inquiry nor well-grounded in fact, was not legally justifiable, and failed to satisfy the objective reasonableness standard; and (2) Skyland’s answer was interposed for the improper purpose of…