Legal landscape note: This article was originally published in 2014 and describes the law as it stood at that time. New Jersey law changes frequently -- contact us to discuss how the current law applies to your situation.
Frivolous litigation can seriously cost you. Lawyers and clients alike should be careful not to sue when a case really has no merit. Cases intended to harass or bully may well cost the plaintiff. Here, the plaintiff didn't like what was being said online. However, given that the online complaints may have had credibility, the law suit was intended to be abusive and not intended for any meritorious purpose. Final chapter, a big cost to the Plaintiff.
Burlington County Superior Court Judge M. Patricia Richmond awarded $25,000 in legal fees on Oct. 16 to Clifford Mintz, of East Windsor, N.J.—about half of the $49,732 requested.
She ordered the money paid by plaintiffs Donna Roberts and Dawn Abrams and their lawyer, Mark Molz, a Hainesport, N.J. solo.
The fee decision comes four years after Richmond granted summary judgment dismissing Roberts' and Abrams' claims against Mintz.
According to Mintz, Moose was not only sickly, but was not even a puppy or even truly Havanese, court documents said.
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