PAUL MCMILLIN v. REALTY EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATES, INC., ET AL. - Articles

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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 12, 2019

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Paul McMillin, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, pro se appellant.

Attorneys 2:

Ellis A. Sharp, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Realty Executives Associates, Inc. and Tammy Garber.

Judge(s): SWINEY

Paul McMillin (“Plaintiff”) appeals the April 11, 2018 order of the Circuit Court for Knox County (“the Trial Court”) finding Plaintiff in violation of Tenn. R. Civ. P. 11 and awarding $19,983.94 in sanctions to be paid to the attorney for Realty Executives Associates, Inc. and Tammy Garber (“Defendants”). Plaintiff raises issues regarding the Trial Court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendants and the Trial Court’s grant of sanctions. We find and hold that Plaintiff waived his issues with regard to the grant of summary judgment. We further find and hold that the Trial Court did not err in finding Plaintiff in violation of Tenn. R. Civ. P. 11 and awarding sanctions. We, therefore, affirm.

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