TRANS-ACTION COMMERCIAL INVESTORS, LTD. v. FIRMATERR, INC.

Docket No. A075777.

60 Cal.App.4th 352 (1997)

TRANS-ACTION COMMERCIAL INVESTORS, LTD., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. FIRMATERR, INC., et al., Defendants; DONALD A. JELINEK, Objector and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

December 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Myron Moskovitz for Objector and Appellant.

Kasdan, Simonds, McIntyre, Epstein & Martin and R. Donald McIntyre for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

PARRILLI, J.

In this case we must decide whether a lawyer can be ordered to pay an opposing party $50,000 in counsel fees and costs under California Rules of Court, rule 227, as a sanction for causing a mistrial.1 Rule 227 provides that a court "may order the person at fault" for failure to comply with a court order "to pay the opposing party's reasonable expenses and counsel fees ... in addition...

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