Feldman v. Olin Corp.

Ct. of Appeals granted defendant's motion to dismiss appeal by plaintiff's lawyers of Dist. Ct. order directing said lawyers to pay $1,475 in defendant's attorney fees as sanction for plaintiff's inclusion of defendant in underlying employment discrimination claim where facts showed that defendant had never employed plaintiff. Plaintiff's lawyers filed notice of appeal more than 30 days after entry of sanctions order, and Ct. of Appeals rejected lawyers' argument that Rule 58 applied so as to render instant notice of appeal timely where Ct. of Appeals determined that Dist. Ct.'s entry of sanctions order was pursuant to Rule 54, which did not require Dist. Ct. to generate separate judgment document so as to trigger different period for filing notice of appeal.