VERDICT: Defense, campground business claims following breakup of 40-year romantic relationship. [Read more…]
Discovery, subrogation, untimely RFA response
DISCOVERY: Amount of insurance subrogation deemed admitted under Rule 36(a)(3) for untimely response to RFAs… J. Brown. [Read more…]
Police compensation, on-call, defense verdict
POLICE COMPENSATION: Defense verdict rejecting officers’ claim for on-call compensation supported by substantial evidence, not reversibly similar to bench judgment for EMTs… J. Brown affirmed. [Read more…]
Procedure, service on Deputy City Attorney
PROCEDURE: Service on Deputy City Attorney insufficient under Rule 4(k), no basis for equitable estoppel, complaint properly dismissed… H. Brown affirmed. [Read more…]
Defense verdict, town officers’ “on-call” time
VERDICT: Defense, “on-call” time by town officers not compensable. [Read more…]
Marital, remarriage, common law, partnership
MARITAL: Half of antiques business inventory improperly awarded to new husband rather than ex-husband in distribution in convoluted remarriage/common law [Read more…]
Marital, NC custody, retirement account taxes
MARITAL: Wife properly allowed custody in NC during school year rather than Bozeman as sought by husband… wife’s retirement properly valued at time of separation… tax implications of early withdrawal from wife’s retirement account for equitable distribution overlooked, remanded… post-decree interest not improper but may be re-visited on remand… J. Brown affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]