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Friday, April 25, 2008
Ind. Decisions - "This is one of those cases that gives lawyers a bad name"
An opinion issued yesterday in the case of Cheryl Janky v. Speros Batistatos et al., by Judge Simon, ND Ind., has this catchy introduction:
This is one of those cases that gives lawyers a bad name. It began as a routine copyright infringement dispute but has deteriorated into a nuclear arms race of costly litigation tactics and the worst kind of mean spirited attorney game-playing. It has spawned two federal cases, three appeals, one state case, a judicial recusal and multiple instances of court-imposed sanctions. Some of the low lights include the filing of spurious motions and a letter from one party to another containing bad poetry composed by one of the lawyers.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 25, 2008 12:57 PM
Posted to Ind Fed D.Ct. Decisions