Jallaq v. Jallaq

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 5402

Syllabus

Trial court order imposing monetary sanction on third-party plaintiffs' trial counsel affirmed. Trial court did not abuse its discretion in adopting magistrate's decision finding that the third-party complaint filed by counsel did not have a good-faith basis in fact or law. Overwhelming evidence at hearing on motion demonstrated that neither counsel nor her client had any basis to believe the factual allegations in the complaint, that the client had not approved the filing of the complaint and had no knowledge regarding the allegations in the complaint before it was filed, and that the filing of an unfounded third-party complaint was willfully and consciously in bad faith.