VERDICT: Defense (50/50 negligence), horse electrocution, failure to install GFI on water trough heater power. [Read more…]
Archives for December 2015
Tax evasion, “sophisticated means” enhancement
TAX EVASION: No error in $1 million+ tax loss analysis…”sophisticated means” enhancement properly applied to reach 40 months prison… Morris affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]
Settlements
Plan I
Kathryn Parker, low back, 2/05, $75,000, Tom Murphy [Read more…]
Corporation, dissolution v. fiduciary claims
CORPORATION: Dissolution does not preclude fiduciary claims against shareholders… Menahan reversed. [Read more…]
Mental commitment, defective order, curative order
MENTAL COMMITMENT: Defective order cured by more detailed order… Krueger affirmed. [Read more…]
Mental commitment, overt acts, findings
MENTAL COMMITMENT supported by sufficient overt acts, sufficient findings… McLean affirmed. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, failure to respond
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Attorney disbarred for failing to respond to Arizona grievances… order. [Read more…]
Fitness, 90 days for ruling, waiver
FITNESS: Statute unclear when 90 days for ruling begins, but challenge to timeliness waived by agreeing to continue treatment… Krueger reversed. [Read more…]
Sentencing, excessive DOC commitment
SENTENCING: Endangerment sentence in excess of 5-year DOC commitment remanded for correction or resentencing… habeas granted…. order. [Read more…]
Race/disability discrimination, $1,350,000 DT stress
DISCRIMINATION: $1,350,000 emotional distress award to Estate of Indian jail inmate who died of alcohol withdrawal reversed due to unlawful procedure by HRC, arbitrary/capricious rejection of HO’s findings… HO Spear’s original 0 order reinstated as final order… “unusual window” into HRC’s internal operations… Sherlock. [Read more…]