Harris v. Southwest General Hospital

Krupansky, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a postjudgment order of the trial court which granted defendant Southwest General Hospital’s request for sanctions filed pursuant to Civ.R. 11, 36(A) and 37(C). The trial court imposed sanctions on plaintiff and her counsel pursuant to the above Civil Rules in the total amount of $3,597, viz., $3,435.50 as reasonable attorney fees and $161.50 as expenses incurred by Southwest General Hospital in proving the truth of the matters relative to its request for admissions. The relevant facts follow:

In August 1988, plaintiff filed a medical malpractice action…