Pleasant Management, LLC v. Carrasco

OPINION

Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

Two years ago, in this case, we had occasion to rebuke the plaintiffs attorney for improper conduct in violation of Article V of the Supreme Court Rules of Professional Conduct. 1 Pleasant Management, LLC v. Carrasco, 870 A.2d 443 (R.I.2005) (Pleasant Management I). In an equally regrettable postscript, we now affirm a monetary sanction imposed against the defendants’ former counsel under Rule 11 of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure.

Facts and Procedural History

Lidia M. Sanchez, former counsel for defendants Maria Carrasco and Jose Ortega, appeals…