Fremarek v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

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• reversing denial of motion for Rule 137 sanctions, where “reasonable inquiry” into facts and law would have shown that claimant’s representations regarding workers’ compensation lien were “devoid of any legal merit”
• reversing denial of motion for Rule 137 sanctions, where \reasonable inquiry\ into facts and law would have shown that claimant's representations regarding workers' compensation lien were \devoid of any legal merit\
• allowing counsel to orally supplement an “empty” written motion that was a single paragraph without citation to any legal authority without considering the mandates of Rule 137 would frustrate the very purpose of the rule
• “Such intent is often reflected in the good-faith negotiation of an instrument.”
• attorney did not act in good faith—and there was therefore no accord and satisfaction—where, among other things, the attorney tendered a check for $1,000 as payment in full of a workers’ compensation lien in the amount of no less than $10,425.75

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