Bernier v. Bernier

OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

In this case, the district court assessed a sanction under Rule 1-011 NMRA against the named Plaintiff, Therese Bernier (Mrs. Bernier), where her son, Ronald Bernier (Ronald), acting as Mrs. Bernier’s attorney in fact, commenced and prosecuted a lawsuit that lacked good ground. Within that context, we are called upon to determine whether the district court erred in sanctioning Mrs. B ernier under Rule 1-011 in the amount of attorney fees for Defendant Harold Bernier (Harold), deceased, represented by William Douglas Bernier (William), as substitute representative, for…