MARITAL: GAL custody recommendations erroneously adopted without hearing… Larson reversed. [Read more…]
Archives for May 2012
Costs, defender/prosecution/jury
COSTS of defender, prosecution, jury awarded without proper consideration of ability to pay, rights of indigent to jury trial… Christopher reversed. [Read more…]
Rehearing, deliberate homicide, minor changes
REHEARING not warranted in deliberate homicide case, but 2 minor changes to opinion… order. [Read more…]
Attorney practice, mistake as to client, sanctions
ATTORNEY PRACTICE: $11,500 sanctions, reference to ODC of attorney who obtained Defendants’ file and discussed case with Defendants’ counsel in mistaken belief that he was retained by insurer to represent Defendants rather than Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant, eventually returned file to Court rather than Defendants’ attorneys, then assured at [Read more…]
$730,000 verdict, ranch burned in Ryan Gulch Fire
VERDICT: $730,000, ranch burned in Ryan Gulch Fire, claimed backfiring negligence. [Read more…]
Insurance, notice of claim, $2,623,396 verdict
INSURANCE/PROCEDURE: Insurer’s arguments based on bank’s original answer admitting late notice will not be considered because amended answer is operative pleading, although bank’s lawyer’s belief that notice not given until certain date may be considered despite questionable relevancy as sufficiency of notice is objective determination analyzed [Read more…]
Book fraud, fiction v. non-fiction
BOOK FRAUD: RICO claims that purported nonfiction books (Three Cups of Tea, Stones Into Schools) about humanitarian efforts in Pakistan are actually fiction and part of scheme to defraud purchasers implausible… fraud/ deceit claims implausible for lack of reliance on some particular statement by Defendants outside text of books… contract/implied [Read more…]
Settlements
Plan I
Dale Morigeau, trunk, 1/09, $32,500, Edward Duckworth [Read more…]
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