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Trust, family trusts conflicts

January 31, 2026 By lilly

TRUST: Fact issues preclude summary judgment on 4 of 5 issues involving family trust conflicts of interest… Vannatta reversed, affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Charles Hansberry, Cory Laird, Elizabeth Scott, Fred Simpson, Isaac Kantor, Jenny Jourdonnais, Jill Gerdrum, Julie Sirs, Riley Wavra

Insurance, long-term health care, home-care recovery

September 16, 2023 By lilly

INSURANCE: Lifetime home care and numerous other claims under long term care and home-care recovery policies properly rejected on summary judgment… Christensen affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Dana Henkel, Jill Gerdrum, Robert Terrazas, Susan Egeland

Long-term care insurance, claim of lifetime home care

August 20, 2022 By lilly

LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE: Lifetime home care and numerous other claims under Long Term Care Policy and HomeCare Recovery Policy rejected on summary judgment… Christensen. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Dana Henkel, Jill Gerdrum, Robert Terrazas, Susan Egeland

Wrongful discharge, technology manager, grievance

November 13, 2021 By lilly

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE claim properly rejected for failure to exhaust grievance procedures in documents handed to managerial employee at time of firing… leave properly denied to add age discrimination as futile but on different grounds… Rienne McElyea affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Jill Gerdrum, John Kauffman

Mental disability, prison officer, $138,875

March 13, 2021 By lilly

MENTAL DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION/RETALIATION: $138,875.12, terminated probationary prison officer with PTSD from inmate restraint… Administrative Decision, Chad Vanisko. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Human Rights, Past Issues Tagged With: Elizabeth Griffing, Jill Gerdrum, Robert Lishman

Wrongful discharge, failure to exhaust grievance

February 27, 2021 By lilly

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE claim denied on summary judgment for failure to exhaust grievance remedies… Rienne McElyea. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Jill Gerdrum, John Kauffman

Marital, same-sex couple common law spouses

December 14, 2019 By lilly

MARITAL: Common law marriage properly found between same-sex couple with accompanying maintenance, child support, property division… part of Petitioner’s fees properly awarded despite no reasonableness hearing… Halligan affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Jill Gerdrum, Marybeth Sampsel, Susan Ridgeway

Comp exclusivity, “immediate employer,” PEO

May 12, 2018 By lilly

COMP EXCLUSIVITY: Trucking company was an “immediate employer” (employer-in-fact) of driver assigned by PEO (employer-at-law) which paid comp premiums. . . PEO Act not violative of Art. II §16 full redress. . . trucking company entitled to immunity from tort claims by injured driver. . . Townsend affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Drew Blewett, Jill Gerdrum, Kurt Jackson, Mark Kovacich, Marshal Mickelson, Robert Baldwin, Ross Johnson, Thomas Singer, Walter Clapp

PSC, “rubric” for executive compensation disclosure

June 3, 2017 By lilly

PSC: “Rubric” for determining if public disclosure of telephone companies’ executive compensation outweighs individual privacy improperly adopted without compliance with MAPA rule-making… Seeley/Menahan reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Elizabeth Brennan, Jeremiah Langston, Jill Gerdrum, Justin Kraske, Mike Meloy

Jurisdiction, out-of-state Defendants, hearing

February 8, 2014 By lilly

JURISDICTION over out-of-state Defendants improperly decided without hearing on disputed fact issues as to alter ego/successor theories… supervisory control of Allison accepted… order. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Elizabeth Griffing, Jill Gerdrum, Todd Stubbs, Tom Singer

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