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Archives for November 2015

Foreclosure, deficiency, valuation hearing

November 28, 2015 By lilly

FORECLOSURE: Hearing not required as matter of law to value property to determine deficiency, but properly held as matter of equity… standard for determining market value elucidated… evidentiary errors as to appraisals require remand of finding of 0 deficiency over requested $745,366… Lympus affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: George Best, Johnna Preble, Judah Gersh, Kira Evans, Sean Frampton

Tax deed, homestead exemption, quiet title

November 28, 2015 By lilly

TAX DEED: Homestead exemption not applicable to tax lien sales… claims of irregular assessment not timely or properly asserted… quiet title summary judgment properly entered without hearing… Allison affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: James Ramlow, Randall Ogle

No-contact order, “suitable mode” procedure

November 28, 2015 By lilly

NO-CONTACT order was “suitable mode” of responding to Petitioner’s invocation of jurisdiction… review of no-contact order and purported attorney conflict hampered by lack of transcript… Allison affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Paul Sandry

Title insurance, “separate” lots unmarketable

November 28, 2015 By lilly

TITLE INSURANCE: Insurer issued separate policies on lots that had been separated only for providing security for mortgages and thus did not exist as separate lots, deed not marketable, contract breached… Todd. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: John Morrison, Trent Gardner

Constructive discharge, hotel employee, mitigation

November 28, 2015 By lilly

CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE: Hotel employee who quit to attend college entirely failed to mitigate, no damages, no need to address merits of constructive discharge claim… Salvagni. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Jason Armstrong, Jean Faure

Defense verdict, wrongful discharge addendum

November 28, 2015 By lilly

VERDICT ADDENDUM: Alleged public policy violations elaborated on by Plaintiff in defense verdict of wrongful discharge claim by medical physicist/radiation safety officer. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Casey Magan, Charles Smith, Cynthia Walker, Russell Waddell

Wrongful discharge, probationary grocery executive

November 28, 2015 By lilly

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE: Probationary grocery executive’s wrongful discharge claims dismissed… breach of contractual promise of bonus, breach of implied covenant, defamation, IIED/NIED claims survive to extent they are not based on termination, dismissed to extent they are intertwined with termination… Ostby. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Michael Heringer, Michael San Souci, Seth Cunningham

Settlements

November 28, 2015 By lilly

Plan I

Diane Iverson, multiple, 2/07, $70,000, medical closed, Richard Martin [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Workers' Compensation Court

Group health plan, made-whole, class certification

November 21, 2015 By lilly

GROUP HEALTH PLAN: Class properly certified in made-whole challenge of exclusion requiring auto liability to be exhausted prior to processing health plan claims… 1 known member but others certain to be found or class may be decertified… Sherlock affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: David Clukey, Erik Thueson, James Duncan, Justin Cole, Peter Arant, Robert Lukes, William Bieler

Public road, statutory, prescriptive, reverse adverse

November 21, 2015 By lilly

PUBLIC ROAD: Lower branch properly found to have been statutorily created… any public prescriptive easement to upper branch extinguished by reverse adverse possession… Krueger affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Cynthia Walker, Jeffrey Kuchel, Jesse Kodadek, Mark Stermitz, Mark Thieszen, Martin King

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