Laub v. Pesikoff

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• reversing trial court’s order awarding sanctions under rule 13 where claims barred by communication privilege and sanctioned party never specifically argued for extension, modification, or reversal of Texas law
• rule 13 sanctions “cannot become a weapon used to punish those with whose intellect or philosophic viewpoint the trial court finds fault. We cannot allow rule 13 to have a chilling effect on those who seek change in legal precedent.”
• “Bird makes it clear that, to avoid the circumvention of the policy behind the privilege, the privilege should be extended beyond defamation when the essence of a claim is damages that flow from communications made in the course of a judicial proceeding.’’
• rule 13 sanctions “cannot become a weapon used to punish those with whose intellect or philosophic viewpoint the trial court finds fault. . . . . We cannot allow rule 13 to have a chilling effect on those who seek change in legal precedent.”

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