Section 9.9 In General

• Library: App Ct Prac 2015 Supp

A. (§9.9) In General

The appellate courts have awarded sanctions in many different types of civil cases. The cases range from simple tort matters to cases involving landlord-tenant law, workers’ compensation, family law and divorce, and miscellaneous real estate matters. Because the assessment of sanctions is on a case-by-case basis, the appellate courts have relied on many different scenarios in assessing sanctions, and it is difficult to group the cases by type. Some might contend it is a case of the...