MOTORCYCLES/AUTOS: $2,245,000, rear-end push of uninsured vehicle into 4 motorcycles with 6 riders… 5 insurers, $1,295,000 liability, $450,000 UIM, $450,000 UM, $45,000 property damage for motorcycles, $5,000 for auto. [Read more…]
Archives for May 2020
Legal malpractice, failure to disclose expert
LEGAL MALPRACTICE claims properly dismissed for untimely failure to disclose expert… R. McElyea affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
Insurance bad faith, supervisory control of dismissal
INSURANCE BAD FAITH: Supervisory control denied as to Deschamps’s summary dismissal of bad-faith claims… order. [Read more…]
Intentional interference, assisted living guardians
INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE claims against guardians who refused to let wards return to assisted living facility following reinstatement of license properly rejected on 12(c) judgment on pleadings… Deschamps affirmed. [Read more…]
Parenting, 50/50 plan by Standing Master
PARENTING: 50/50 plan properly ordered by Standing Master for 7-year-old… Westveer/Olson affirmed. [Read more…]
Parenting, jurisdiction, transcript alteration “conspiracy”
PARENTING: Jurisdiction, parenting plan, order of protection, transcript alteration conspiracy claims rejected as frivolous… appeal fees/costs awarded but vexatious litigant designation declined at this time… Townsend affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
Drugs, hotel room door kick-in
DRUGS: Exigent circumstances supported kicking in suspected dealer’s hotel room door… Wilson affirmed. [Read more…]
Libel, insurance agent wrongly “no longer available”
LIBEL: Claims relating to letter to insurance agent’s clients erroneously stating that he was no longer appointed to represent insurer properly rejected on summary judgment for failure to show defamation per se… Molloy affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
“Indian person” status stipulation, sex abuse Defendant
INDIAN PERSON: Counsel not ineffective for stipulating to “Indian person” status of sex abuse Defendant… Morris affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Firearms, “possession”
FIREARMS: Sufficient evidence for jury to find that Defendant “possessed” guns, properly instructed on “possession”… Watters affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]