A California appeals court this week upheld a sanction of more than $6,600 after finding that the plaintiffs in a property dispute had engaged in "gamesmanship" in a deliberate effort to bog down discovery. Justice J. Anthony Kline wrote that the plaintiffs "forced to court a dispute that was not 'genuine.'" However, Kline chastised both parties for not making a "serious effort at negotiation and informal resolution" and used the ruling to remind all lawyers to avoid a similar pitfall.
September 25, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A California appeal court on Wednesday upheld a sanction of more than $6,600 after finding that the plaintiffs in a property dispute had engaged in “gamesmanship” in a deliberate effort to bog down discovery.
“We have no difficulty in affirming the trial court’s determination that in this case plaintiffs forced to court a dispute that was not ‘genuine,’” Justice J. Anthony Kline wrote for San Francisco’s 1st District Court of Appeal.
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