HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASS'N, INC. v. SCHAFER

No. 37A03-1303-CP-86.

1 N.E.3d 164 (2013)

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellant-Defendant, v. Gregory S. SCHAFER and Shane Schafer b/n/f Gregory S. Schafer, Appellees-Plaintiffs.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

December 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Baker III , Law Office of Robert M. Baker III, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Timothy S. Schafer , Schafer and Schafer, Merrillville, IN, Attorney for Appellees.


OPINION

SHEPARD, Senior Judge.

A trial court may award attorney's fees when a party continues to litigate the case after the party's claims have become frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless. Here, the trial court ordered fees after finding that the litigation conduct by the Indiana High School Athletic Association in trying to prevent a student from playing for his school demonstrated all three of these.

We conclude that, at the least, the trial...

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