Serial Food Label Attorney Gets Sanctioned for Frivolous Filings

An attorney who frequently represents plaintiffs in fraud lawsuits over food labels and consumer goods was sanctioned by a federal court Wednesday for acting in bad faith throughout litigation over labels on Big Lots Inc.'s’ Fresh Finds coffee.

Spencer Sheehan of Sheehan & Associates PC was ordered to pay attorneys fees’ to Big Lots’ representation after the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida said Sheehan proceeded in bad faith throughout the case.

“Sheehan has undeniably acted in bad faith throughout this case—in addition to perpetrating a fraud on this Court,” Judge Gregory A. Presnell said.

Sheehan ...