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Archives for August 2017

Gravel contract, FOB place of shipment

August 26, 2017 By lilly

GRAVEL CONTRACT: FOB place of shipment contract properly determined on summary judgment to require measurement by ton at the pit, not by volume at project site… $66,269.95 properly awarded seller as balance due plus attorney fees… Jones affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Brianne McClafferty, James Halverson, John Wright, Scott Mitchell

Fair representation, union attorney gross negligence

August 26, 2017 By lilly

FAIR REPRESENTATION: Fired policeman improperly awarded $47,550 attorney fees as element of compensatory damages on DFR claim stemming from union attorney’s extraordinary gross neglect in handling grievance… $50,000 punitives improperly awarded without compensatory damages predicate… Ulbricht reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: James Molloy, Kim Christopherson

Campaign practices, $68,232.58 verdict

August 26, 2017 By lilly

CAMPAIGN PRACTICES: Civil prosecution of campaign finance violations properly resulted in $68,232.58 judgment including trebling of $19,599 verdict… Dayton affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Gene Jarussi, Jaime MacNaughton, Michael Rabb

Prosecutorial misconduct/sentencing, pills

August 26, 2017 By lilly

PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT/SENTENCING: Prosecutor improperly urged stiff sentence because of drug Defendant’s jail phone “venting” against Prosecutor but did not influence sentence… counsel not ineffective for not seeking continuance so mother & sister could provide ameliorating testimony as to jail conversation… 10-year PFO sentence proper whether based on prior PFO or not… 23 supervision recommendations in judgment unlawful because not in oral pronouncement… Seeley affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Deborah Smith, Jeff Sealey, Tammy Plubell

SIWC/sexual assault of child

August 26, 2017 By lilly

SIWC/SEXUAL ASSAULT of child conviction affirmed over challenges as to unanimity instruction, ineffective assistance, vouching by Prosecutor, nudity/ Internet sentencing conditions… Hayworth, Murnion affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Briana Kottke, Mardell Ployhar, Ole Olson

DUI, rollover absent driver

August 26, 2017 By lilly

DUI: Trooper had “reasonable grounds” to believe absent driver had been DUI at time of rollover… McKeon affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Jeremy Yellin, Micheal Wellenstein

Cow strike, federally funded road, willful conduct

August 26, 2017 By lilly

COW STRIKE: §27-1-724 willful conduct standard not applicable to Hwy 212 which receives federal funding even though no longer called a “federal-aid primary” route… alleged violation of 60-7-201 to be analyzed under ordinary negligence standard with reasonableness of owner’s conduct a jury question… Moses. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Dan Spoon, Jaclyn LaFerriere, Shane Colton

Settlements

August 26, 2017 By lilly

Plan I

No lawyer: Kay Brown, hip, 16, $4,500 [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Workers' Compensation Court

Partnership dissolution, family ranch

August 19, 2017 By lilly

PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION: Judicial dissolution of family ranch not necessary as partner’s interest was subject to Agreement’s buyout provisions… no jurisdiction to award fees following deemed-denied period… Huss reversed, affirmed as to dissolution; Hayworth reversed as to fees. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Afton Ball, Jessica Fehr, Jordan FitzGerald, Michael Begley, Michael Monson, Michelle Sullivan

Sexual assault, sentence “misunderstanding”

August 19, 2017 By lilly

SEXUAL ASSAULT sentence not based on misunderstanding facts of basketball coach’s sexual relationships… J. Brown affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Alexander Pyle, Mark Fowler

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