TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 61. ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Part 4. Provisions Regulating Practice

Attorney's Or Litigant's Liability For Excess Costs

37-61-421. Attorney's or litigant's liability for excess costs. An attorney or party to any court proceeding who, in the determination of the court, multiplies the proceedings in any case unreasonably and vexatiously may be required by the court to satisfy personally the excess costs, expenses, and attorney fees reasonably incurred because of such conduct.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 533, L. 1985.