Burns v. Henne

Brogan, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Perry J. Pelaez appeals from the Miami County Common Pleas Court’s judgment imposing sanctions against him for willfully violating Civ.R. 11.

Pelaez advances four assignments of error. First, he contends that the trial court abused its discretion by imposing Civ.R. 11 sanctions absent any evidence of a rule violation. Next, Pelaez claims that the trial court’s imposition of Civ.R. 11 sanctions was against the manifest weight of the evidence. Third, he asserts that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to consider appellee Bill McVety Realty’s motion for…