SETTLEMENT: “Substantial 8 figures,” face/hands burns disfigurement, oil rig fire. [Read more…]
Appeal certification, unadjudicated claims
APPEAL CERTIFICATION: 54(b) does not contemplate unadjudicated claims, certification proper for grant of summary judgment for Defendants on wrongful discharge/political discrimination, improper for denial of summary judgment for Defendants on defamation/invasion of privacy… Seeley affirmed, reversed… order. [Read more…]
Work comp fraud, suit by acquitted Claimant
WORK COMP FRAUD: Insurance code not applicable to MSF vis-à-vis suit by claimant acquitted of fraud… reasonable basis in law to terminate benefits after learning claimant received wages, proper decision for judge, not jury, fraud acquittal irrelevant to [Read more…]
$160,279 verdict, wrongful discharge, BON
VERDICT: $160,279, wrongful discharge, Board of Nursing Executive Director. [Read more…]
$250,000 verdict, subdivision sewer subcontract
VERDICT: $250,000, breach of sewer subcontract. [Read more…]
Negligence, failure to seize gun from mental
NEGLIGENCE: Claims against County for deputies not confiscating assault pistol used by recently released mental patient to kill, [Read more…]
Supervisory control, mineral reservation/trespass
SUPERVISORY CONTROL of Day denied in mineral reservation/trespass rulings… order. [Read more…]