Montana Law Week

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Archives for 2019

Settlements

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Plan I

Pamela Wilson, right wrist, elbows, left index finger, 10/18, custodian, Cayuse Prairie School, Kalispell, MSGIA accepted claims, paid all benefits due, disputes as to wage loss, nature & extent of injuries, need for future treatment, change in provider, availability of work within restrictions, $45,000 for all claims, stipulated judgment; Kraig Moore for Wilson, Morgan Weber for MSGIA [Read more…]

Foreclosure, alleged Fannie Mae bid rigging challenge

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FORECLOSURE: Challenge by lessee to Fannie Mae’s interest in property via alleged bid rigging properly dismissed as moot after it sold the property to a 3rd-party and lessee effectively obtained relief requested by not vacating, voluntary cessation exception to mootness doctrine inapplicable… leave to amend counterclaim to add quiet title for a complete ownership interest and several defendants including the 3rd-party purchaser properly denied… Newman affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

DUI, routine police encounter, particularized suspicion

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DUI: Approaching Defendant at gas station while responding to a tip of a driver who smelled of alcohol was routine police encounter that did not require particularized suspicion… particularized suspicion acquired upon driver’s participation in questioning and testing… motion to suppress properly denied although improperly based on particularized suspicion… Oldenburg affirmed (other grounds). [Read more…]