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JACKSON v. LAW FIRM OF O'HARA, RUBERG, ET AL.

No. 88-5634.

875 F.2d 1224 (1989)

Robert G. JACKSON, Plaintiff, Robert P. Gettys, Attorney-Appellant, v. The LAW FIRM OF O'HARA, RUBERG, OSBORNE AND TAYLOR, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1989.

Rehearing Denied, Opinion Corrected June 26, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Beiting, New Port, Ky., for Robert P. Gettys.

Robert G. Breetz, Louisville, Ky., for Law Firm of O'Hara, John J. O'Hara, Donald J. Ruberg, Robert E. Ruberg, Arnold S. Taylor, David B. Sloane, and Gary J. Sergent.

Before MERRITT and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by an attorney from an order imposing sanctions against him for violating Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The district court ordered attorney Robert Gettys to pay attorneys' fees of more than $40,000 to law firms engaged in the defense of a legal malpractice action brought by Gettys on behalf of Robert Jackson, in which summary judgment was entered for the defendants. The plaintiff did not appeal from...

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