The Sixth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a judgment for sanctions against 2 lawyers for filing a groundless claim against my client. Previously, the trial court sanctioned the 2 lawyers for filing a claim against my client in bad faith and which was groundless and filed for purposes of harassment. The trial court awarded over $30,000 in sanctions against the 2 lawyers. On appeal, the Court of Appeals found the evidence was sufficient to support the sanctions and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in sanctioning the lawyers. The complete opinion from the Court of Appeals may be located on Westlaw: Gilbert v. Moseley, 2014 WL 7174359 (Tex.App.-Texarkana, December 17, 2014).
