VERDICT: Defense, rear-end auto, admitted liability. [Read more…]
Indemnity/contribution, airplane death settlements
INDEMNITY/CONTRIBUTION: Airplane insurers who settled Montana crash death claims to which US was not a party do not have right to contribution against US (traffic controllers)… certified questions answered for Utah Federal Court. [Read more…]
VERDICT: Defense, triples semi rollover, injured co-driver, fractured ribs/soft-tissue neck/hematoma.
VERDICT: Defense, triples semi rollover, injured co-driver, fractured ribs/soft-tissue neck/hematoma.
A Billings jury found that FedEx Ground was not negligent in connection with injuries sustained by David Long in a semi rollover 5/11/07.
Negligence, subsequent remedial, MVA, highway
NEGLIGENCE: Impeachment exception to Rule 407 narrowly interpreted to allow subsequent remedial measures if defendant [Read more…]
Discovery, adverse inference sanctions
DISCOVERY: Adverse inference sanctions granted for Defendants’ failure to produce discovery as ordered in [Read more…]
Public access, video depositions, FDCPA case
PUBLIC ACCESS to video depositions in FDCPA case ordered… Strong. [Read more…]
$6,244.84 net verdict (49/51), road blasting
VERDICT: $6,244.84 net (49/51 liability, $50,000 gross for damaged excavator, $19,255.16 due Defendant on contract), [Read more…]
Defense verdict, MVA settlement contribution
VERDICT: Defense, no contribution from MDT, construction company, engineering company, signage company in $1,046,189 settlement by truck owner with pregnant woman rear-ended in construction zone. [Read more…]