EASEMENT: Preliminary injunction properly granted barring purchasers of land-locked mining claim from access across neighboring property pending resolution of litigation… Seeley affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Environment, Bull Mountains coal lease
ENVIRONMENT: Challenge of BLM’s decision to lease coal in Bull Mountains properly rejected. . . Watters affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]
Will contest, time-barred, new theory on appeal
WILL CONTEST properly held to be time-barred, change of theory on appeal to invoke tolling rejected… Reynolds affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
$1,275,000 settlement, MPC/NWE comp claims
SETTLEMENT: $1,275,000 by MPC’s insurer following defense verdict and order for new work comp bad faith trial based on juror misconduct, in addition to previous $2.5 million from co-Defendant NWE and $200,000 from adjuster, in addition to [Read more…]
Jury, work comp bad faith mistrial, misconduct
JURY: Mistrial/new trial granted following class action work comp bad faith defense verdict due to extraneous information during deliberations (employee handbook, information that class member had other comp claims) which prejudiced Plaintiffs… Krueger. [Read more…]
Defense verdict, work comp bad faith, class action
VERDICT: Defense, work comp bad faith (interest damages. emotional distress, punitives), class action. [Read more…]