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Insurance, employee of complex mail delivery businesses

May 8, 2021 By lilly

INSURANCE: Injured driver of mail delivery truck was employee of insured entity under control test in complicated business relationships, coverage barred by employee exclusion… Morris. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Ben Snipes, Bradley Luck, Leah Handelman, Mark Kovacich, Matthew Haus, Paul Collins

Will, handwritten codicil, wish v. devise

September 28, 2019 By lilly

WILL: Handwritten codicil properly interpreted as wish that son would get control of trucking company rather than specific devise of company shares to him… Moses affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Bruce Bekkedahl, John Harkins IV, John Van Atta, Michael Tennant, Paul Collins

Insurance, assisted-living, eligibility, certification

November 21, 2015 By lilly

INSURANCE: Eligibility provision of assisted-living policy required only that provider certify that person needed services because she was “Chronically Ill,” insurer’s “needs and receives” interpretation of ambiguous provision rejected… eligibility satisfied when doctor said person was cognitively impaired and needed supervision, policy breached when insurer represented otherwise, whether breach caused damages for jury to resolve… insurer’s refusal to even consider doctor’s letter certifying that person was cognitively impaired and needed assisted living violated §33-18-201(4) requirement to consider “all available information,” whether violation caused damages for jury to resolve… contra proferentum precludes summary judgment for insurer’s reasonable basis defense… promise by insurer years ago to sell policy that would cover all needs if person had to move into assisted living facility not necessarily fraud… Kutzman. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Joseph Cosgrove, Maxon Davis, Paul Collins

$138,195, negligent issuance of loan, forged ROT

May 2, 2015 By lilly

VERDICT: $138,195 (85/15), punitives liability, negligent issuance of loan based on forged resignation-of-trustee document… settled for undisclosed amount. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Edward Guza, Justin Harkins, Paul Collins

Insurance, stacking v. bad faith, supervisory

May 31, 2014 By lilly

INSURANCE: Supervisory control of Jones as to stacking order denied in light of other issues including bad faith… MVA Defendant assigned claims against insurer to Plaintiffs in exchange for covenant not to execute on $5,250,000 consent judgment… order. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Donald Harris, Jon Dyre, Kyle Gray, Paul Collins, Tucker Gannett

Discovery, supervisory control petition

October 5, 2013 By lilly

DISCOVERY: Supervisory control of Krueger denied in discovery dispute… order. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Jeffrey Oven, Matthew Hutchison, Paul Collins, Philip Halpern, Steven Jennings

$34,250,000 verdict, LTC policy contract/bad faith

April 14, 2012 By lilly

VERDICT: $34,250,000 ($32 million punitives), LTC insurance contract/bad faith. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Alicia Garcia, Anna Bidegaray, Daniel Bidegaray, Mike Abourezk, Monique Stafford, Paul Collins, Peter Habein

Third-party parenting/visitation, step-father, sister

April 2, 2011 By Frank

THIRD-PARTY PARENTING: Step-father parenting, sister visitation, properly granted… Fagg affirmed.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Gary Connelley, Patrick Sweeney, Paul Collins, Tyler Norwood

Comp exclusivity, lost hand, lumber notcher

June 19, 2010 By Frank

 

COMP EXCLUSIVITY: No exception for employee who lost hand while extracting boards from inside running notcher… Todd. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Monique Waddington, Paul Collins, Robert Fain

Comp exclusivity, lost ear/scalp, fingerjointer

June 19, 2010 By Frank

 

COMP EXCLUSIVITY: No exception for employee who lost ear & scalp from hair being pulled into crack of gear guard on fingerjointer… pre-Alexander challenge to 39-71-413 denied (1 day after Alexander)… no grounds for piercing corporate [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Monique Waddington, Paul Collins, Robert Fain, Thomas Budewitz

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