Caplan v. Benator

Griffin Sikes, Jr., an attorney, challenges a February 10, 2016, order of the Montgomery Circuit Court (“the trial court”) that ordered him to pay $3,000 as a sanction for vexatious discovery practices.

The record1 indicates that Sikes represented Rosalyn M. Caplan in a tort action in the trial court in which Caplan sought an award of damages from Patty S. Benator (“Benator”), Gene A. Benator, Linda S. Fleet (“Fleet”), and Stuart L, Fleet; later, a probate-court action involving the estate of Edgar K. Simon, Jr., was removed to the trial court and consolidated with the tort action. Caplan and…