Legal Opinion
Cleveland Hair Clinic, Inc. v. Puig
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 9, 1997No. 96-3976PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
After concluding that defendants and their lawyer Michael Tinaglia engaged in sanction-able misconduct in this ongoing litigation, the district judge directed counsel to confer on the size of the attorneys’ fees attributable to the misbehavior. Tinaglia refused to participate; remaining counsel agreed that Cleveland Hair Clinic, the plaintiff, was out of pocket at least $174,121. The district judge declared defendants and Tinaglia jointly and severally liable for this sum, which he ordered paid forthwith while he considered plaintiffs claim that it should receive a…
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