Ratliff v. Stewart

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

In her suit alleging she was harmed by a dangerous drug, Sarah Ratliff, instead of suing Edsel Stewart, the doctor who had prescribed the drug, sued Lawrence Stewart, his son and also a physician. The district court concluded that “the plaintiffs counsel’s conduct was totally without basis in law or fact and that plaintiffs counsel unnecessarily and vexatiously multiplied the proceedings in this matter at the expense of defendant Stewart.” The court awarded Stewart attorneys’ fees and expenses to be paid by Ratliffs counsel, who appeal, arguing that the court was…