The plaintiff sought costs following a successful motion to determine priority between creditors after a judicial sale.
The plaintiff had made an offer to settle for $25,000, which was beaten at the hearing.
The court found the responding party's conduct to be particularly egregious, noting a combination of deceit, frivolous arguments, and repetitive proceedings designed to make collecting a simple debt as expensive as possible.
Consequently, the court awarded the plaintiff full indemnity costs fixed at $150,000.