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Archives for 2017

Plea agreement, alleged breach by Prosecutor

April 29, 2017 By lilly

PLEA AGREEMENT recommendation of deferred imposition for criminal endangerment not breached by Prosecutor’s concerns as to Defendant’s obvious poor performance/noncompliance/chemical issues which Judge found required commitment… court information surcharge improperly imposed per count… Jones affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Alexander Pyle, Tammy Plubell

Drugs, statutory 35% of value of marijuana

April 29, 2017 By lilly

DRUGS: Statutory fine of 35% of value of marijuana properly imposed despite State not alleging the enhancement as part of the charge and Defendant not admitting to the value… Simonton affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Katie Schulz, Penelope Strong

Drugs, stop of car with headlight out, search

April 29, 2017 By lilly

DRUGS: Sufficient implied findings to support general conclusions denying suppression of drugs seized following stop of car with headlight out and search based on consent of passenger in parents’ car… Dayton affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Dana Henkel, Mark Fowler

Speedy trial, imprisonment in Minnesota

April 29, 2017 By lilly

SPEEDY TRIAL: Most of 431 days attributable to Defendant whose imprisonment in Minnesota was due to his own actions… Cybulski affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Chad Vanisko, Micheal Wellenstein

Attorney disqualification, $12 million confession

April 29, 2017 By lilly

ATTORNEY DISQUALIFICATION: Attorneys representing both entities (both owned by same individual) in residential construction dispute disqualified from reasonableness hearing into $12 million confessed judgment against insurer that refused to defend/indemnify one of the entities… Eddy. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Benjamin Alke, Dale Cockrel, David Berkoff, James Goetz, Mark Parker, Robert Baldwin

Insurance, U System TPA, MVA made-whole rights

April 29, 2017 By lilly

INSURANCE: University System health plan TPA not liable to MVA Plaintiff for statutory or common law bad faith based on allegation that it violated her made-whole rights… Rienne McElyea. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Erick Thueson, Hillary Carls, Ian McIntosh, Robert Lukes

Settlements

April 29, 2017 By lilly

Plan I

Kenneth Croff, multiple, 4/01, disputed PT, $187,500, Matthew Murphy

Koki Green, upper arm, 10/13, $42,296, medical reserved, Tom Murphy [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Workers' Compensation Court

Foreclosure, $190,674 deficiency, $36,089 fees/costs

April 22, 2017 By lilly

FORECLOSURE: $190,673.89 deficiency plus $36,088.50 fees/costs affirmed following remand from finding by Lympus of 0 deficiency, urging of $740,673.89 by Credit Union… Allison affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

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

Marital, parenting plan amendment, role of GAL

April 22, 2017 By lilly

MARITAL: Parenting plan properly amended over GAL’s inappropriate advocacy for mother in limiting 14-year-old’s time with father in Virginia… $500/day contempt for wife encouraging daughter’s defiance to withhold parenting time not appealable until fees/costs determined… Ulbricht affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Katherine Maxwell, Peter Carol

Marital, assignment of structured tort settlement

April 22, 2017 By lilly

MARITAL: Wife’s due process rights not violated by show cause hearing in her absence (she was out of state) where her lawyer was present and her current husband testified for her… property settlement agreement correctly interpreted that husband’s share of a structured tort settlement which he assigned to wife should be terminated following daughter’s graduation, but 5 years of payments while daughter not in school improperly ordered reimbursed as husband did not request monetary relief in motion… Eddy affirmed, reversed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Peter Carroll

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