Egan v. Pineda

Dist. Ct. did not err imposing $5,000 sanction on plaintiff’s counsel for misconduct representing plaintiff, where counsel asserted in instant sex discrimination/hostile environment action that plaintiff had been victimized by acts of sexual assault by defendant’s male employees, and where plaintiff denied at her deposition that she had been sexually assaulted by defendant’s employees and asserted that she had not seen or signed instant complaint. While counsel maintained that inclusion of instant false accusation had been oversight on his part and was proofreading error, counsel’s explanation did not inform Dist. Ct. as to how or why counsel falsified instant complaint.