Wade v. Soo Line Railroad Corp., 06-1878 (7^th Cir., Aug. 29, 2007)

Discovery sanctions are pretty common these days. Questions about who should pay sanctions - attorney or client - are usually dealt with in private rather than in appellate briefs. And for good reason. In this Seventh Circuit appeal, the plaintiff’s attorneys argued that their client should be personally liable for sanctions relating to withheld documents. Bad idea. The Court finds this to be a clear conflict of interest, and Chief Judge Easterbrook’s opinion suggests that the attorneys are going to be in for a serious spanking from the Court, and perhaps from the state bar as well.

Posted Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:09:32 and filed under Bench Slaps, Decision of the Day. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.