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J. Fortunato,
Jr. with
whom Fortunato
& Tarro
was
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brief for appellant.
John M. Boland with whom Boyer, Reynolds & DeMarco, Ltd. was
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brief for appellee.
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*Of the Third Circuit, sitting by designation
Per Curiam.
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in
this case
and
are
district
court findings --
met
burden
its
opinion
that the
of demonstrating
that
contested
defendant easily
plaintiff
had made
defendant's
of
demonstrating that
its burden of
to the
liability under
the
fire
insurance
policy issued
by defendant to
did not
fees
court possesses
when parties
appropriate.1
authority of the
federal
where a shift
is beyond serious
inherent power to
conduct litigation
The
record is
in
replete
990 F.2d
dispute that a
shift attorneys'
bad faith."),
with
is
evidence that
prior to trial
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1. Because we find the court's fee-shifting sanction to be
appropriate in both substance and amount pursuant to the
court's inherent authority, we need not and do not decide
whether the sanction also was authorized by Fed. R. Civ. P.
11.
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and at the
testimony relating
to
plaintiff's actions
testimony alone,
to support
not
on the
weekend of
the fire.
This
case, is sufficient
Therefore, the
court did
plaintiff.
Finally,
characterization
we agree with
of this
litigation by
plaintiff as
in its
truly
deplorable.
Accordingly,
we
summarily affirm
the
challenged
Affirmed.
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