JUDGE DISQUALIFICATION: Judge presiding over insurer’s challenge of $10 million accounting malpractice consent judgment should have been disqualified in light of his insurer’s challenge of sexual harassment consent judgment with court reporter… orders upholding consent judgment properly vacated by new judge… Fagg affirmed. [Read more…]
Archives for June 2017
Legal malpractice, malicious prosecution
LEGAL MALPRACTICE: Settlement in underlying litigation properly admitted under seal to establish that Plaintiff was not prevailing party as to malicious prosecution claim… all claims properly rejected… Pinski affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
City annexation, “partial” “contiguous” tracts
CITY ANNEXATION: “Partial” tracts linked by road properly deemed contiguous… no fraud or duress in obtaining annexation waivers in exchange for water… equal protection claim rejected… Gilbert affirmed. [Read more…]
PSC, “rubric” for executive compensation disclosure
PSC: “Rubric” for determining if public disclosure of telephone companies’ executive compensation outweighs individual privacy improperly adopted without compliance with MAPA rule-making… Seeley/Menahan reversed. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, interim suspension, guilty pleas
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Interim suspension ordered pending formal complaint based on child endangerment/DUI guilty pleas… order. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, no response to complaints
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Suspended attorney disbarred for failing to respond to clients… order. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, client fund violations
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Written admonition for client fund violations… order. [Read more…]
Deliberate homicide, justifiable force
DELIBERATE HOMICIDE: Jury properly instructed on justifiable force… Prosecutor’s comments as to Defendant’s failure to tell police his self-defense theory not plain error, misstatement of justifiable force as requiring belief that Defendant’s life is in jeopardy not plain error… conviction affirmed… Newman affirmed. [Read more…]
Aggravated DUI, prior DUIs as element
AGGRAVATED DUI: Prior DUIs properly admitted as element of Aggravated DUI, not impermissibly prejudicial… Sullivan/Curtis affirmed. [Read more…]
$360,000 verdict, exploding toilet, foot
VERDICT: $360,000, exploding toilet while being cleaned, foot RSD/CRPS. [Read more…]
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