Archives for 2022

$6,952,065 settlements, hospital employees’ health plans

February 5, 2022 By lilly

SETTLEMENT: $6,952,065, action for accounting, disgorgement of profits, reimbursement of losses, on behalf of 11,000 employees with health benefit plans at 5 hospitals. [Read more…]

MVA injury causation

February 5, 2022 By lilly

Petitioner failed to prove job MVA caused shoulder injury/cervical spine condition… neither Petitioner nor wife credible, physicians based causation opinions on incomplete/misleading history provided by Petitioner and wife who failed to report that Petitioner had subsequently fallen… Sandler. [Read more…]

Settlements

February 5, 2022 By lilly

Plan I

Renee Jensen, low back, 4/21, disputed, $5,000 for all claims, stipulated judgment; Lucas Wallace for Jensen, Joe Maynard for MHN [Read more…]

Transgender discrimination, deputy county attorney

February 5, 2022 By lilly

TRANSGENDER DISCRIMINATION: $66,531.94 awarded for lost pay to deputy county attorney constructively discharged due to County healthcare plan’s exclusion of “services or supplies related to sexual reassignment”… award reduced from requested $131,879.96 in lost compensation and travel to medical providers for failure to mitigate employment damages and denial of travel costs… Hearing Officer Decision, Chad Vanisko. [Read more…]

Partition, referees’ division of inherited property

January 29, 2022 By lilly

PARTITION: Referees’ division of property inherited by siblings properly confirmed without hearing on objections… Dayton affirmed. [Read more…]

Wrongful discharge, time-barred even given tolling

January 29, 2022 By lilly

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE claim properly dismissed as time-barred even given claimed tolling period… Cuffe affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Water, irrigation priority dates

January 29, 2022 By lilly

WATER: Priority dates for irrigation affirmed… Stephen Brown affirmed. [Read more…]

Attorney discipline, Todd Stubbs suspended

January 29, 2022 By lilly

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Todd Stubbs suspended for unethical conduct and failure to respond… order. [Read more…]

Attorney discipline, Margaret Reader suspended

January 29, 2022 By lilly

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Margaret Reader suspended following complaint from District Judge of unethical conduct and failure to respond… order. [Read more…]

Rape, false reporting statistics

January 29, 2022 By lilly

RAPE: Counsel’s failure to object to expert testimony as to false reporting statistics was ineffective assistance, prejudicial in that objection might have resulted in acquittal… rape conviction reversed, remanded for new trial… other charges involving girlfriend affirmed… Reynolds reversed, affirmed. [Read more…]