Ragland v. Soggin

Opinion by Chief Justice DONALD W. LEMONS.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in sanctioning two attorneys in the amount of $200 each for submitting a jury instruction with an error despite the trial court's finding that the mistake was inadvertent.

I. Facts and Proceedings

Attorneys Gerald F. Ragland, Jr. ("Ragland") and Andrew J. Narod ("Narod") (collectively "defense counsel") were sanctioned $200 each during the course of their representation of Keri Saporito ("Saporito"), who was the defendant in a wrongful death suit in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County ("trial…