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$3 million settlement, termination of state leases

April 14, 2012 By lilly

SETTLEMENT: $3 million, State’s termination of leases for office building that was never built, eve of trial. [Read more…]

$34,250,000 verdict, LTC policy contract/bad faith

April 14, 2012 By lilly

VERDICT: $34,250,000 ($32 million punitives), LTC insurance contract/bad faith. [Read more…]

Pain causation

April 14, 2012 By lilly

Original injury and resulting surgeries related to ongoing pain, prior ruling to contrary based on treating physician’s inability to define the relationship not res judicata to present claim… insurer reasonably disputed further pain medication based on prior ruling, paid under [Read more…]

Settlements

April 14, 2012 By lilly

Plan I

Sandra Kipfer, knee, 12/06, $10,000, Tom Murphy [Read more…]

Levying sale, pending PI cause

April 7, 2012 By lilly

LEVYING SALE of pending PI cause not allowed under Montana law… Watters affirmed. [Read more…]

Zoning, large storage building, rental “accessory,”

April 7, 2012 By lilly

ZONING: Board of Adjustment properly revoked Planning Office permit for large building for storing property from rentals, not “accessory” to existing single-family rental… $25,000 Foy fees/costs properly awarded to neighbors who protested permit, “fees for fees” properly denied… Harkin/Townsend affirmed. [Read more…]

Supervisory control, railyard pollution rulings

April 7, 2012 By lilly

SUPERVISORY CONTROL denied as to pre-trial rulings by Swandal in railyard pollution suit… order. [Read more…]

Marital, GAL’s parenting report, hearsay

April 7, 2012 By lilly

MARITAL: GAL’s parenting report improperly relied on without GAL present to testify… Larson reversed. [Read more…]

DUI, trooper HGN expert, inadvertence

April 7, 2012 By lilly

DUI: Trooper properly qualified as HGN expert… trooper’s reference to “felony DUIs” did not warrant mistrial… 5th DUI conviction affirmed… Stadler affirmed. [Read more…]

Procedure/Brady/PFMA, appeal from JP court

April 7, 2012 By lilly

PROCEDURE/BRADY/PFMA: Brady claims could have been reviewed in appeal from Justice Court PFMA trial despite lack of objection, but de novo review by Supreme Court finds no Brady violation… PFMA conviction affirmed… Watters affirmed (other grounds). [Read more…]