WRONGFUL DEATH: Rehearing of Opinion affirming rejection of claims against scuba center for renting equipment involved in diving death denied… Order. [Read more…]
Marital, high-end estate apportionment/support
MARITAL: Apportionment of estate of insurance company executive and wife with interests in family beer & wine distributorship and child support affirmed and reversed… adoption of husband’s findings & conclusions not grounds for new trial… Menahan affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]
Marital, non-working father’s income from his father
MARITAL: Non-working father’s income from his father properly categorized as “gift income” excluded from child support calculation… Halligan affirmed. [Read more…]
Sexual assault, $800,000 default, stepfather incest
SEXUAL ASSAULT: $800,000 default award to stepdaughter affirmed… Best affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
Insurance, church sex abuse, policy period
INSURANCE: No duty to defend/indemnity Diocese for alleged sex abuse which occurred prior to 1/1/77 under occurrence-based certificates or that occurred before 7/1/90 under claims-made certificates… unreasonable to require coverage for events that [Read more…]
Amendment to add party/reimbursement issue
Leave granted to add MSF as party and add issue of UEF’s claim for reimbursement, over UEF’s objection that amendments time-barred, do not relate back to original pleading, claim not re-mediated each time UEF [Read more…]