Legal Opinion
Pee Dee Health Care, P.A. v. Estate of Thompson
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided November 2, 2016No. Appellate Case No. 2014-001275; Opinion No. 5451PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, J.:
In this civil matter, Pee Dee Health Care, P.A. (PDHC) appeals the circuit court’s award of sanctions to the estate of Hugh S. Thompson, III (the Estate) pursuant to Rule 11, SCRCP. PDHC argues the court erred in failing to dismiss the Estate’s motion for sanctions as untimely, granting Rule 11 sanctions when PDHC’s filings and arguments to the court were not frivolous, awarding sanctions for the thirty hours the Estate’s counsel spent responding to discovery requests served upon third parties, not reducing the award for the time the Estate’s counsel spent preparing the sanctions…
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