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Saturday, February 09, 2008
Ind. Decisions - "The situation has become absurd enough that it might have been amusing if not for the judicial resources that have been required to resolve it"
Federal District Magistrate Judge, William T. Lawrence on Friday issued an interesting 8-page Entry Regarding Post-Trial Motions regarding costs in the case of Mark Custer v. Schumacher Racing Corp.. Here are the beginning and end of the ruling:
This was a well-litigated case involving competent attorneys that in the end resulted in the entry of summary judgment in favor of Defendant Schmacher Electric Corporation and a jury verdict in favor of Defendant Schumacher Racing Corporation. The myriad of motions that have been filed in this case since the entry of final judgment can best be summed up as an unfortunate, surprising, and disappointing battle between attorney Dan Buba, counsel for the Plaintiff, and attorney Cory Watkins, counsel for the Defendant. Indeed, the situation has become absurd enough that it might have been amusing if not for the judicial resources that have been required to resolve it. * * *Mr. Buba and Mr. Watkins managed to turn what should have been a routine bill of costs requiring minimal time and effort on the part of both counsel and the Court into an unpleasant chore than has commanded far more attention from the Court than was warranted. It is the Court’s sincere hope that both attorneys now realize the impropriety of their behavior and regret using the Court’s docket as a forum for airing their apparent animosity toward one another.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 9, 2008 12:41 PM
Posted to Ind Fed D.Ct. Decisions