Engstrom v. Goodman

¶1 Denise Engstrom, plaintiff in this per- . sonal injury suit, prevailed at mandatory arbitration. The *908attorney for defendant Rebecca Hardesten1 signed and submitted a request for a trial de novo. Counsel for Engstrom moved to strike the request on the ground that Hardesten had not authorized it. The trial court denied the motion and sanctioned counsel for Engstrom for communicating directly with Hardesten, a represented party, in order to obtain declarations supporting the motion. We affirm these rulings. Hardesten is entitled to proceed to trial de novo.

FACTS

¶2 The arbitrator found…