Porter v. United Shirt Distributors, Inc.

Plaintiff and her attorney, Mark M. Bello, appeal as of right from an order granting defendant Sears, Roebuck and Company’s motion for an award of sanctions against them, jointly and severally, pursuant to MCR 2.114(E). Plaintiff and her attorney were ordered to pay $2,400 to defendant. We affirm.

In the complaint filed in this case against United Shirt Distributors, Inc., plaintiff alleged that she sustained an injury in a "slip-and-fall accident” in front of a United Shirt store. Later, plaintiff filed an amended complaint adding defendant Sears, alleging that Sears was the owner of the…