The court also held that failure to make reasonable efforts to settle and making excessive claims in time spent on a case may reduce the costs awarded. (litigation-help.com)
This is where two parties arrange a collision between their vehicles and one driver making excessive claims for damage and non existent injuries to themselves and the passengers that they had arranged to be «in the vehicle» at the time of the collision. (en.wikipedia.org)
In a bitter partisan struggle, moderation gets drowned out by excessive claims from both sides (critical-angle.net)