Failing to recognize that her client wasn’t eligible under the Family and Medical Leave Act may have been an “honest mistake,” but not dropping the case as soon as the mistake was discovered has cost a Pittsburgh attorney nearly $5,000 in sanctions.

U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon of the Western District of Pennsylvania recently ordered Kraemer, Manes & Associates attorney Christi Wallace to pay $4,900 in attorney fees to compensate defendants for having to pursue the FMLA claim Wallace filed on behalf of plaintiff Christopher Deming-Archambault.