COS MANDAMUS: No duty to record a COS bearing a certification of exemption from sanitary review for which subdivider was not approved, mandamus petition properly dismissed… Vannatta affirmed. [Read more…]
Right to know, deferred prosecution dismissal, mootness
RIGHT TO KNOW: Newspaper’s request for documents and video related to Deputy’s arrest of individual and disciplinary records not mooted by deferred prosecution dismissal of charges against Deputy… Deschamps reversed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
Work comp privacy, alleged ex parte communications
WORK COMP PRIVACY: No constitutional tort in communications by County employee comp adjuster and contract nurse with treating physician and pharmacist on which injured Deputy bases claim of privacy breach… feeling disappointed and upset at not having opportunity to participate in discussions not compensable detriment or injury… summary judgment for Defendants… settled for $40,000 in appellate mediation… Halligan. [Read more…]
$40,000 settlement, ex parte with doctor/pharmacists
SETTLEMENT: $40,000, ex parte communications with doctor & pharmacists. [Read more…]
Marital, mega-estate, premarital assets
MARITAL: Premarital assets properly included in mega-estate, which was then equitably distributed… Allison affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
Age discrimination, Apprentice Committee
AGE DISCRIMINATION: Fact issues preclude summary judgment as to agency relationship between Defendant and Apprentice Training Committee whose members’ statements form basis of claim… HRC/Larson affirmed. [Read more…]
CBA, exhaustion, arbitration, master electrician
CBA covers master electrician’s numerous claims which all derived from assertion that employer let unqualified employees do electrical work, CBA remedies including arbitration must be exhausted before suing, summary judgment improperly denied for employer… McLean reversed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
Consent decree, jail outdoor recreation, $34,595 fees
CONSENT DECREE adopting outdoor recreation agreement for Missoula Co. inmates… $34,594.87 fees/costs to Plaintiffs. [Read more…]
Prisoner mistreatment, juvenile jail detainee
PRISONER MISTREATMENT: “Prisoner” in 45-5-204 includes juvenile jail detainee, not limited to one serving prison sentence, charge against deputy improperly dismissed… H. Brown reversed. [Read more…]