Court Opinion

ID: 9564404
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 18:59:48.223417+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:23.437900
License: Public Domain

Blackburn, Presiding Judge,
concurring specially.
I fully concur with the analysis and judgment of the majority, except as to Division 4 of the opinion denying appellees’ motion for penalties for frivolous appeal. I would grant such penalty in the amount of $1,000, as there is no reasonable basis for the appellants to believe that they could deprive the trial court of jurisdiction to enforce its contempt order by “running out the clock” on the settlement agreement. It is clear that appellants have used this appeal as part of their litigation strategy, rather than purging their contempt through compliance with the requirements established by the trial court.
*248Tamara H. Serwer, Milton D. Rowan, Lisa L. Rung, for appellees.