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Archives for 2022

Attorney fees, oral contract with no fee provision

January 22, 2022 By lilly

ATTORNEY FEES improperly awarded prevailing Defendant in construction defects suit based on contract reciprocity when oral contract contained no fee provision… no fees reciprocity based on statute, but remanded to consider Foy fees… pro se Plaintiff’s motion to dismiss LLC properly denied as pro se cannot represent another, likewise improper for pro se to appeal on behalf of LLC… Gilbert reversed, affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: James Lippert

Public road easement through house/garage

January 22, 2022 By lilly

PUBLIC ROAD EASEMENT: County properly failed to establish 30 foot easement from center of County road onto Defendant’s property through his garage & house based only on unmarked dashed line on COSs… $42,671 fees and $1,111.29 costs properly awarded under UDJA… Harris affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Benjamin Rechtfertig, Joseph Breitenbach, Levi Robison, Mark English

TRO enjoining CI-121 signature gathering

January 22, 2022 By lilly

SUPERVISORY CONTROL of McMahon to vacate TRO enjoining gathering signatures for CI-121 denied, would delay resolution beyond 10 days of TRO, other remedy available… order. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil

Contempt, failure to accept Defendant for fitness rehab

January 22, 2022 By lilly

CONTEMPT: Indirect contempt for MSH failing to immediately accept criminal defendant for fitness rehab with $500/day sanction reversed… Kutzman reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Amanda Lofink, Chad Parker

Time served credit based solely on instant case

January 22, 2022 By lilly

TIME SERVED CREDIT should have been awarded felony DUI Defendant based solely on record for case for he is being sentenced (212 days) without regard for time held for revocation of prior conditional release… Dayton reversed… order. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Bree Gee

Sewage system liability, technician fall into lift station

January 22, 2022 By lilly

SEWAGE SYSTEM LIABILITY: Operating a lift station with the electrical junction box inside requiring entrance into it to perform pump maintenance and resulting in technician falling to the bottom is an abnormally dangerous activity warranting strict liability… City’s liability not barred by statute of repose or common carrier exception… John Brown. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Bridget leFeber, Calvin Stacey, Justin Stalpes

$790,941 verdict, centerline sideswipe MVA

January 22, 2022 By lilly

VERDICT: $790,941, centerline sideswipe by negligent per se semi-conscious diabetic, cervical spine, brainstem, concussion. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: David Tennant, Lincoln Palmer, Nicole Morton, Rex Palmer

Personal jurisdiction, wolf advocates’ trademark dispute

January 22, 2022 By lilly

PERSONAL JURISDICTION declined over Idaho wolf advocates’ alleged infringement of Montana wolf advocates’ website and “relistwolves” trademark in a video… Christensen. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Alexander Reid, Gregory McDonnell, John Kauffman, Theodore Sabety

Clean Campaign Act, PACs’ notice to candidates

January 22, 2022 By lilly

CLEAN CAMPAIGN ACT: Requirement that political committees contemporaneously provide a candidate any campaign advertisement published within 10 days of an election if it refers to, but does not endorse, the candidate, does not pass constitutional muster… Molloy. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Anne Sherwood, Jaime MacNaughton, John Morrison, Matthew Monforton, Quentin Rhoades

Settlement challenge, banks’ check-kiting scheme

January 22, 2022 By lilly

SETTLEMENT CHALLENGE: Adversary proceeding against 2 of Ch. 11 Debtors’ banks alleging involvement in check-kiting scheme barred by settlement and general release 5 years earlier… passive nondisclosure not grounds to invalidate release… adversary proceeding dismissed for failure to state claim but Trustee granted limited leave to amend… Holt. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Bryce Burke, David Cotner, Doug James, Jenny Jourdonnais, Kyle Ryan, Sheila Schwager

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