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APPEALS Frivolous Appeals

Posted by Paul Macri - 28/01/10 at 09:01 am

APPEALS
Frivolous Appeals

Labonte v. Thurlow, 2009 ME 68, 974 A.2d 914, Per Curiam

The defendants took an appeal from the Superior Court’s judgment on damages on a case that had already been appealed to the Court once. The appellants failed to file an appendix and made arguments on issues that had already been resolved, leading the Court to conclude that the appeal was frivolous and to impose sanctions.

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