The motion for remand showed “deliberate indifference to obvious facts” and had no basis in law, said one of Phoenix Insurance’s attorneys, Karen Karabinos of Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP. Coffman should have known his motion to remand had no merit, Karabinos said.
Law360, Ga. Judge Says Sanctions Likely Over Frivolous Motion
“It was just absurd,” Karabinos said of the motion. “It was just objectively frivolous.”
Drew Eckl & Farnham Partner Karen Karabinos was recently featured by Law360 in a recent article “Ga. Judge Says Sanctions Likely Over Frivolous Motion.” Karabinos represented The Phoenix Insurance Co. as they were being sued for conversion and negligence, accused of missing payments to the plaintiff on stolen goods. The opposing counsel filed a motion to remand an insurance dispute to state court after the Eleventh Circuit ruled it belonged in federal court, a decision Karabinos considered “absurd.”