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Constructive discharge, trooper, $114,888 reversed

February 17, 2024 By lilly

CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE: Trooper’s WDEA claims barred because he failed to exhaust CBA grievance procedures, summary judgment for State improperly denied, $114,888 verdict reversed… Gilbert reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Karl Knuchel, Michael Kauffman, Patricia Klanke, Webster Crist

Marital, home valuation at dissolution v. separation

October 14, 2023 By lilly

MARITAL: Wife properly awarded 55% of home valued at time of dissolution rather than separation… Gilbert affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Jami Rebsom, Karl Knuchel, Webster Crist

Prescriptive easement, neighborly accommodation

June 24, 2023 By lilly

PRESCRIPTIVE EASEMENT properly found over roads for failure to show neighborly accommodation in bench trial after denial of summary judgment and amendment to include road that was not in original complaint… Gilbert affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Devlan Geddes, Henry Tesar, Karl Knuchel, Kyle Nelson, Webster Crist

Orders of protection, unsupported modification motion

February 11, 2023 By lilly

ORDERS OF PROTECTION: 4th motion to modify properly denied without a hearing for failure to provide legal or factual support… attorney fees/costs properly awarded for frivolous motion, appeal fees/costs awarded for “blatant misrepresentation” in brief and meritless arguments… Olson affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Erin Harris, Karl Knuchel, Kevin Brown

Marital, construction businesses, encumbered property

September 4, 2021 By lilly

MARITAL: Distributions involving construction businesses and encumbered marital property affirmed… Gilbert affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Karl Knuchel, Kristin Core

Marital, contempt, failure to pay child support

October 24, 2020 By lilly

MARITAL: No abuse of discretion in finding husband in contempt and ordering him to pay $28,813 child support and $3,710 attorney fees after years of disregarding allegedly inequitable and unenforceable stipulation and orders…. Gilbert affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Karl Knuchel, Katie Green

House contract, $135,000 verdict

May 23, 2020 By lilly

HOUSE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT: $135,000 verdict for breach of contract with builder affirmed… Gilbert affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Eric Oden, Karl Knuchel, Todd Stubbs

Hunting, crossing private land to access public land

February 8, 2020 By lilly

HUNTING: Crossing private land to access public land constituted “hunting”… conviction of hunting without landowner permission affirmed… Cantin/Gilbert affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Eric Oden, Karl Knuchel, Rob Cameron

Marital, original decree challenge waived by settlement

October 12, 2019 By lilly

MARITAL: Challenge to original decree waived by mediated settlement on appeal… attempt to relitigate protective order precluded by previous appeal… Gilbert affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Eric Oden, Karl Knuchel

Cattle guards, settlement agreement, no “cabling”

September 14, 2019 By lilly

CATTLE GUARDS: Settlement agreement properly construed to preclude “cabling”… Laird affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Eric Oden, Karl Knuchel, Stephen Woodruff

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