Tiffany v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Opinion

VOGEL (C. S.), J.

The underlying action is a third party bad faith insurance case brought by plaintiffs Alex Tiffany et al„ against defendants State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) et al. This appeal involves only a collateral order which imposed a monetary sanction of $2,500, payable to plaintiffs, against appellants State Farm and its attorneys, Spray, Gould & Bowers. The sanction was for violation of a local superior court rule involving double spacing versus one and one-half spacing in typewritten memoranda of points and authorities. The sanction order is…