Appellate Practice
Jun. 14, 2012
Courts provide some relief for eliminating vexatious appeals
Some district courts have held that courts may impose prefiling requirements on a vexatious appellant who was a defendant in the underlying trial. By Adam Hofmann of Hanson Bridgett
You've really fallen into it. You have sued a vexatious litigant, and now he or she will not let you or your client go. After a protracted defense ripe with unnecessary, prolix, and often-unintelligible discovery and court filings, your client prevailed. Your client then prevailed again against a frivolous motion for a new trial, and again against a frivolous motion for JNOV, and again against a frivolous motion for reconsideration, and so on ...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In