Menna v. St. Agnes Medical Center

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “the issue of whether an appeal is frivolous is determined at the time that the appeal is taken or is thereafter waived”
• remanding case to trial court “to conduct a hearing and determine the proper amount of appellant’s renumeration.”
• remanding case to trial court “to conduct a hearing and determine the proper amount of appellant’s renumeration.”
• “[A]n appeal is not frivolous simply because it lacks merit. Rather, it must be found that the appeal has no basis in law or fact.”
• “In determining the propriety of [an award of counsel fees], we are ever guided by the principle that an appeal is not frivolous simply because it lacks merit.”
• where a party relitigates an issue and engages in vexatious, frivolous, and obstreperous litigation conduct, courts have power to enjoin or limit the litigant from filing further lawsuits on the same issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).