MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE claims against care/rehab provider dismissed on numerous grounds including failure to properly exhaust MMLP… Joseph. [Read more…]
Defense verdict, snowy vehicle slide
VERDICT: Defense, Defendant was negligent in connection with vehicle sliding into Plaintiff’s vehicle at ski resort parking lot but negligence did not cause Plaintiff injuries. [Read more…]
Reservation campground lease, $1,740,910 tax debt
RESERVATION CAMPGROUND LEASE: Objection to proof of claim overruled as to $1,740,910 nondischargeable lodging tax debt owed to Blackfeet Nation by campground operator, sustained as to Lease interest, contractor taxes, and TERO fees… Holt. [Read more…]
Defense verdict, pseudo seizures, MRI anxiety attack
VERDICT: Defense, hospital negligence, claimed PTSD, increased pseudo seizures, and other associated symptoms following anxiety attack in MRI machine. [Read more…]
Sovereign immunity, Reservation casino trip & fall
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY: Reservation casino is arm of CSKT, enjoys immunity from trip & fall suit by Missoula residents… Bradley Pluff. [Read more…]
Indians, sovereign immunity, terminated employee suit
INDIANS: Purchase of insurance by Tribal nursing home insufficient to waive tribal sovereign immunity against suit by terminated employee. . . individual Defendants also protected. . . Watters. [Read more…]
Indians, explosion damages, tribal immunity
INDIANS: District Court exceeded authority in considering tribal members’ declaratory action to recover damages from an explosion, but correctly dismissed based on tribal sovereignty… Morris affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]
Tortious interference with purported employment
TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH EMPLOYMENT claim in drilling rig-to-rig transfer denial rejected in 1st-impression case relying on Montana Supreme Court precedent… Terra Owen. [Read more…]
Wrongful discharge, at-will casino employee
WRONGFUL DISCHARGE claims by at-will casino employee rejected on summary judgment… Marshalene Last Star. [Read more…]
Medical malpractice, no expert
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE claims properly dismissed for lack of expert… Larson affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]