Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Berkshire Life Insurance Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 10, 2009No. 08-1022PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
In 2004, Tina Garcia filed this action against her insurer, seeking payment of benefits under a disability policy. Over the course of the litigation, the district court concluded that Ms. Garcia “willfully, knowingly, [and] intentionally” fabricated a number of discovery documents in an effort to win her case. Mag. Op. 15; Dist. Ct. Op. 12-14. As a result, in addition to granting Berkshire’s motion for summary judgment on the merits, the district court separately and independently dismissed the action as a sanction for Ms. Garcia’s abusive litigation practices.…
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