Closuit v. Crane Environmental, Inc.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

The circuit court entered a final judgment awarding Crane Environmental attorneys’ fees as a sanction for the discovery violations of the defendants, Edward Closuit, Myriam Murphy, and Andalite Industries.1 The defendants challenge this judgment on four grounds, but we find merit in only one. We reverse the attorneys’ fees awarded for Crane’s counsels’ time spent in responding to a petition for common law certiorari filed in this court. We affirm the judgment in all other respects.

The petition for certiorari sought review of the circuit court’s order striking the defendants’…