PROBATE: 12th time appealing matters related to Estates constitutes gnawing on the core of the apple… Harada affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Insurance, conspiracy to take over frac business
INSURANCE: No duty to defend or indemnify Defendants in suit alleging conspiracy to take over hydrologic fracturing tubing businesses… Cavan. [Read more…]
$1 million settlement, death from falling pipes
SETTLEMENT: $1 million, trucker fatally injured by falling pipes during unloading of flat-bed trailer. [Read more…]
Insurance, off-road UTV not covered auto
INSURANCE: Because Auto Policy did not cover off-road UTV, denial of defense was justified… Watters reversed (memorandum). [Read more…]
$112,000 verdict for drilling consultant, 0 for owner
VERDICT: $112,000 for Plaintiff oil drilling consultant, 0 for Counterclaimant project owner. [Read more…]
Insurance, UTV crash, $1.6 million consent judgment
INSURANCE: Insurer failed to unequivocally demonstrate that UTV was not designed for operation principally on public roads and could never be a Covered Auto, now liable for $1.6 million consent judgment plus interest and attorney fees for failure to defend rollover injury claim rather than only $25,000 policy limit it would have risked had it filed declaratory action… Watters. [Read more…]
Wrongful arrest, defense verdict, mistrial denial
WRONGFUL ARREST: Mistrial based on Defense Counsel’s reference to Plaintiff’s criminal history properly denied… no jurisdiction to review denial of Defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity following defense verdict… Cavan affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Punitives, evidence of racial motivation, “white v. red”
PUNITIVES: Evidence of alleged racial motivation improperly precluded in punitives phase of trial in which jury awarded Indian $1,000 compensatory damages for assault by white neighbor and $2,000 punitives… remanded for new trial on punitives… Wald reversed. [Read more…]
Defense verdict, vintage aircraft landing damage
VERDICT: Defense, vintage aircraft landing damage. [Read more…]
$3,000 verdict, shopping cart pushed into Plaintiff
VERDICT: $3,000, shopping cart pushed into Plaintiff following altercation over Defendant shooting Plaintiff’s dog that was chasing his calf. [Read more…]
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