Legal Opinion

Doe v. Jeansonne

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 7, 1998No. 98-183PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

| iTHIBODEAUX, Judge.

This suit involves the imposition of sanctions against the plaintiffs’ counsel due to the plaintiffs’ ambitious allegations of negligence and misconduct on the part of the defendants, Sue Martin and Hazel Standridge. After a hearing on the defendants’ motion for sanctions, the trial court assessed sanctions against the plaintiffs’ counsel, pursuant to La.Code Civ.P. art. 863.

Based on the following reasons, we reverse the trial court’s judgment.

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ISSUE

We shall consider whether the trial court erred in granting the defendants’ motion for sanctions against the plaintiffs’…

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