Dolenz v. A___ B

HECHT, Justice.

When his borrower failed to repay a loan, Bernard J. Dolenz sued the borrower’s attorney, A_ B_, 1 for fraud, negligence and breach of contract. Dolenz and the attorney both moved for summary judgment. The district court granted the attorney’s motion and denied Dolenz’ motion. We affirm the judgment of the district court, and because we determine that this appeal has been taken for delay and without sufficient cause, we award the attorney against Dolenz damages equal to ten times the total taxable costs of this appeal.

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The material facts, all undisputed, are as follows.

Bernard…