VERDICT: $3,307,500 verdict in buy-sell access disclosure dispute ($2,450,000 compensatory damages and $812,500 punitives against seller to buyers, $35,000 damages against seller’s agent, $10,000 damages against buyers’ agents). [Read more…]
New truck stop/casino public convenience/necessity
LIQUOR LICENSING: Public convenience & necessity established for new truck stop/casino at Ramsay over 94 protests… HE Laura Cunningham. [Read more…]
$550,000 settlement, traffic stop shooting death
SETTLEMENT: $550,000, traffic stop shooting death of suspected robber or drug shooter, eve of trial settlement following denial of summary judgment on whether deadly force was justified. [Read more…]
Excessive force death, backseat passenger, unlit plate
EXCESSIVE FORCE DEATH: Shooting of suspected robbery or drug shooter in stop of vehicle for alleged unlit plate light in which suspect was backseat passenger survives summary judgment as to whether deadly force was constitutional and — until facts can be established — whether officer violated clearly established law… summary judgment for City and PD granted on §1983 claims… summary judgment granted and denied on state law claims… Molloy. [Read more…]
Church property, schism
CHURCH PROPERTY: Local faction voting 71% to leave hierarchy over homosexual clergy properly precluded from taking property for failure to attain 90% per local constitution, property to remain with minority members, except for cash titled under name of [Read more…]