Title: Edbow, Inc. v. Franklin Cty. Bd. of Revision

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Edbow, Inc. v. Franklin Cty. Bd. of Revision, 86 Ohio St.3d 1207, 1999-Ohio-149.] 
 
 
 
 
 
EDBOW, INC., APPELLEE, v.  FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF REVISION ET AL., 
APPELLANTS. 
[Cite as Edbow, Inc. v. Franklin Cty. Bd. of Revision (1999), 86 Ohio St.3d 1207.] 
Rules of Practice — S.Ct.Prac.R. XIV(5) applied — Reasonable attorney fees 
awarded when frivolous appeal filed. 
(No. 98-1809 — Submitted May 25, 1999 — Decided July 28, 1999.) 
APPEAL from the Board of Tax Appeals, No. 96-T-476. 
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Todd W. Sleggs & Associates, Todd W. Sleggs and Susan K. French-Scaggs, 
for appellee. 
 
Ron O’Brien, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Matthew H. 
Chafin, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellants Franklin County Auditor 
and Franklin County Board of Revision. 
 
Teaford, Rich & Wheeler, Jeffrey A. Rich and James R. Gorry, Jr., for 
appellant Columbus City School District Board of Education. 
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On April 6, 1999, Edbow, Inc., appellee, filed a motion seeking reasonable 
expenses, attorney fees, and costs under S.Ct.Prac.R. XIV(5).  In the motion, 
Edbow claims that we should impose a sanction on appellants for filing a frivolous 
appeal. 
 
Upon consideration of this motion and appellants’ memorandum contra, we 
find this appeal is not reasonably well grounded in fact or warranted by existing 
law and, therefore, is frivolous.  See Edbow, Inc. v. Franklin Cty. Bd. of Revision 
(1999), 85 Ohio St.3d 656, 710 N.E.2d 1112.  We hereby award reasonable 
attorney fees to appellee. 
 
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Upon reviewing the statement for services submitted by counsel for 
appellee, we reduce counsel’s rate to $175 per hour and reduce counsel’s billable 
time to 11.5 hours.  Accordingly, we award attorney fees of $2,012.50 to appellee.  
We do not award any additional charges or travel expenses because counsel has not 
provided any documentation of such charges. 
 
IT IS ORDERED by this court that appellants pay, as a sanction, $2,012.50 
within thirty days of the date of this entry by certified check or money order made 
payable to Edbow, Inc. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.