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COFFEY v. HEALTHTRUST, INC.

No. 92-6202.

1 F.3d 1101 (1993)

Kenneth P. COFFEY, M.D., Plaintiff, David High, Real Party in Interest-Appellant, v. HEALTHTRUST, INC., a Delaware corporation, Edmond Memorial Hospital, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Joel A. Hart, McKinley D. Moore, James E. Dalton, Jr., Charles R. Brown, and Larry K. Killebrew, M.D., individuals, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Skepnek, Stevens, Brand, Golden, Winter & Skepnek, Lawrence, KS (William R. Burkett and Steven L. Tolson, with him on briefs, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, Oklahoma City, OK, with him on briefs), for plaintiff-appellant.

Douglas Colton, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand, Washington, DC (Don C. Lewis, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand, Washington, DC, Darrell W. Downs, Susan A. Short, and Glen D. Huff, Foliart, Huff, Ottaway & Caldwell, Oklahoma City, OK, George F. Short, Cynthia L. Sparling and Kevin Driskill, Short, Barnes, Wiggins, Margo & Adler, Oklahoma City, OK, with him on the briefs), for defendants-appellees.

Before LOGAN, Circuit Judge, RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal of an order entering Rule 11 sanctions against plaintiff's attorney for filing with the district court an economic study and an accompanying brief which the district court held purposely misconstrued the effect of that study. The district court imposed a sanction of $10,000 to be paid personally by the attorney to defendants under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, finding that the filing was a knowing filing...

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