affirming award of attorneys’ fees for bad faith because the offending party’s claim had “no reasonable possibility of success, coupled with her prolonging litigation and unnecessarily delaying distribution of the estate, as well as costing the estate thousands of dollars in attorney fees”
How later courts described this case
- affirming award of attorneys’ fees for bad faith because the offending party’s claim had “no reasonable possibility of success, coupled with her prolonging litigation and unnecessarily delaying distribution of the estate, as well as costing the estate thousands of dollars in attorney fees”
- attorney of party was properly held liable under section 2503(7) for attorney fees and costs, where attorney knew or should have known that party’s claim was without merit; counsel filed action on behalf of party against estate oí; alleged natural father with . knowledge that party had been adopted and with knowledge that law prohibits adopted children from recovering from their natural parents’ estates
- attorney of party was properly held liable under section 2503(7
- where claim had no reasonable possibility of success, and continued litigation cost estate attorneys’ fees, award under § 2503 was proper
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
CERCONE, Judge,
concurring:
Although I concur in the decision of my esteemed colleagues, I write separately to emphasize my view that since this matter turns on the issue of bad faith as it relates to the imposition of attorneys’ fees, I have serious doubts as to how far our judicial system can go in precluding inspection of court documents by a litigant who has a legitimate interest in and *449 right to explore them. However, since in this particular case, the issue has been waived, this court is correct in not addressing it.