Court Opinion

ID: 9787940
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 00:27:56.864664+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:02.696150
License: Public Domain

Marquardt, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part: I concur in part and respectfully dissent in part. I concur with the majority opinion that affirms the district court’s award of attorney fees incurred by Mercy Regional Health Center, Inc. (Mercy), while the case was being litigated in the district court.
I dissent from the majority opinion that only awarded approximately two-thirds of the amount requested for appellate attorney fees in spite of the conclusion that “Bringer brought his counterclaim for an improper purpose” in the first place. When it came to Mercy’s request for attorney fees on appeal, the majority states that “this appeal stemmed from Bringer’s original abuse of the legal system” and rationalizes the partial award upon examination of the affidavits without further explanation. This case from the beginning was baseless. There are more than sufficient facts to support the entire amount of appellate attorney fees requested. I would therefore award Mercy the $12,766.45 it requested.