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$475,000 settlement, jail suicide

February 7, 2026 By lilly

SETTLEMENT: $475,000, jail suicide… settlement by County’s insurer over County’s objection. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Calvin Stacey, Elijah Inabnit, Morgan Sorena, Nathan Wagner, Peter Stokstad

$.02 verdict, jail inmate due process claims

July 19, 2025 By lilly

VERDICT: $.02 nominal damages for deprivation of due process by jailers failing to provide written statement of evidence or reasons for disciplinary action, $0 for 5 other due process claims, affirmed… DeSoto affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Calvin Stacey, Jesse Ritchey, Morgan Sorena

Premises liability, improvident ice slip/fall SJ

May 24, 2025 By lilly

PREMISES LIABILITY: Fact issues preclude summary judgment as to senior facility ice slip & fall… Larson reversed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Calvin Stacey, James Jackson, Morgan Sorena

$22 million verdict, product liability, helicopter crash

May 10, 2025 By lilly

VERDICT: $22 million product liability damages, $8 million offer of judgment for Estate of helicopter pilot killed in crash while fighting fire in Oregon. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Calvin Stacey, Colleen Kozikowski, Kellie Gaston Sironi, Kevin Smith, Mark Williams, Matthew Hayhurst, Robyn Gallagher, Tyler Stockton

Supervisory control, rulings would increase complexity

April 12, 2025 By lilly

SUPERVISORY CONTROL based on claim that Vannatta’s rulings will increase complexity of inherently dangerous falling bundle of posts case denied… Order. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Bryan Spoon, Calvin Stacey, Cherche Prezeau, Colin Phelps, Conner Bottomly, Dan Spoon, Jenna Lyons, John Amsden, Justin Stalpes, Ryan Hart, Thomas Leonard

Defense verdict, wrongful death, wedding party guest

March 15, 2025 By lilly

VERDICT: Defense, wrongful death, disputed provision of cocaine to wedding party guest who went missing and was found dead in a creek. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Calvin Stacey, Matt Rossmiller, Morgan Sorena, Nathan Wagner

Insurance, residential construction policy insureds

March 8, 2025 By lilly

INSURANCE: Because no named Defendant is an insured under residential construction policy involving convoluted business entities there is no coverage and insurer has no duty to defend against claim by trucker injured by falling bundle of posts… Vannatta. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Bryan Spoon, Calvin Stacey, Conner Bottomly, Dan Spoon, Jason Subatch, John Amsden, Justin Stalpes, Lucas Mann, Morgan Sorena, Ryan Hart, Shelly Brander, Thomas Leonard

Statute of limitations, MVA passenger fibromyalgia

January 11, 2025 By lilly

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS properly held to bar passenger’s claims against former husband/driver of accident vehicle over assertion that fibromyalgia was self-concealing or driver was estopped from defending based on Montana statute because he had agreed to North Dakota’s 6-year statute… Knisely affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Calvin Stacey, Christopher Voigt, Jacquelyn Hughes, Marina Tucker, Morgan Sorena

$2,221,839 verdict, apartment building earthwork

December 16, 2023 By lilly

VERDICT: $2,221,839, breach of subcontract by earthwork subcontractor resulting in demolition of apartment building due to movement from lack of soil compaction and foundation drainage. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Calvin Stacey, David LeGare, Jon Wilson, Morgan Sorena, Talia Damrow, Thomas Singer

Restrictive covenants, barriers to building

July 1, 2023 By lilly

RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS: Myriad claims stemming from challenge to barriers to building in subdivision properly dismissed… DeSoto/Morris affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Aaron Nicholson, Adam Warren, Alex Stacey, Benjamin Alke, Calvin Stacey, Chad Adams, David Knobel, Elizabeth Lund, Emily McCulloch, Griffin Stevens, hristopher Sweeney, Marshal Mickelson, Matthew Hayhurst, Michael Lilly, Neil Westesen, Patrick Riley, Regina McLendon, William Mattix

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