Legal Opinion
Breezevale Ltd. v. Dickinson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 4, 2005No. 03-CV-615, 03-CV-634PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Senior Judge:
This case comes to us for the second time on an appeal from a trial court order imposing upon appellant Breezevale a total of $5,061,353 in attorneys’ fees and punitive damages, in addition to dismissal of its cause of action for legal malpractice, as a consequence of the trial court’s finding by clear and convincing evidence that Breeze-vale knowingly brought the litigation in principal reliance upon documents that it knew to be forgeries. We sustain the dismissal and the award of attorneys’ fees. Both of these sanctions in the circumstances here bear punitive…
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