Legal Opinion
Kleiman v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 30, 1990No. 89-600PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from a trial court order in an insurance contract case requiring appellant Kleiman (1) to pay $632.00 in attorney’s fees to appellee Aetna Casualty and Surety Company as a sanction under Super.Ct.Civ.R. 11, and (2) to pay $2,517.40 in costs to Aetna, the prevailing party, under Super.CtCiv.R. 54(d) and 54-I(b). The trial court ruled that appellant violated Rule 11 when he verbally opposed Aetna’s pre-trial motion to dismiss three of five counts in appellant’s amended complaint and subsequently failed to present any evidence to support those counts at…
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