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Insurance, defense of CPA against defamation

July 22, 2023 By lilly

INSURANCE: Insurers correctly found to have no duty to defend CPA against claims stemming from participation in allegedly baseless 2012 suit… Vannatta affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Emma Mediak, James Johnson, Nicholas Pagnotta, Robert Phillips

Hemp, $65,530,500 verdict, failure to pay farmers

January 7, 2023 By lilly

HEMP: $65,530,500 verdict for failure to pay or release hemp crop to farmers affirmed… Bidegaray affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Ben Snipes, Mark Parker, Michael Dunphy, Robert Phillips, Ross Johnson

Hemp, $65,530,500 verdict, failure to pay farmers

December 31, 2022 By lilly

HEMP: $65,530,500 verdict for failure to pay or release hemp crop to farmers affirmed… Bidegaray affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Ben Snipes, Mark Parker, Michael Dunphy, Robert Phillips, Ross Johnson

$6,952,065 settlements, hospital employees’ health plans

February 5, 2022 By lilly

SETTLEMENT: $6,952,065, action for accounting, disgorgement of profits, reimbursement of losses, on behalf of 11,000 employees with health benefit plans at 5 hospitals. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Brian Smith, Brianne McClafferty, Dave McLean, Gary Zadick, Ian McIntosh, John Morrison, Justin Stalpes, Kathleen Abke, Kelsey Bunkers, Michael Miller, Mike Black, Robert Phillips, Shane Coleman

$65,530,500 verdict, failure to release hemp crop

July 10, 2021 By lilly

VERDICT: $65,530,500 ($9,530,500 for negligence, negligent misrepresentation, fraud, deceit, $56 million punitives), failure to release hemp crop to 19 farmers. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Ben Snipes, Mark Parker, Robert Phillips, Ross Johnson

$120 million+ settlement, Big Tobacco breach of contract

December 12, 2020 By lilly

SETTLEMENT: $120 million+ to State from Big Tobacco for breach of contract and tort claims for allegedly intentionally evading obligations under 1998 Master Settlement Agreement. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Alexander Shaknes, Anne Yates, Carey Busen, Charles Hansberry, Christopher Abbott, David Paoli, Elizabeth McCallum, Gregory Ostfeld, James Young, Jenny Jourdonnais, John Sullivan, Juan Martinez, Lauren Nichols, Manvin Mayell, Mark Baker, Mark Loyd, Mark Mattioli, Nick Lofing, Paul Leisher, Robert Brookhiser, Robert Phillips, Scott Mitchell, Sean Morris, Thomas Dutton

Appeal procedure, expedited tobacco briefing request

July 25, 2020 By lilly

APPEAL PROCEDURE: State’s request to halve briefing schedule in appeal of arbitration denial in light of alleged (and denied) delay tactics denied, but no routine extensions to be granted… order. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Alexander Shaknes, Anne Yates, Carey Busen, Charles Hansberry, Christopher Abbott, Eli Leibenstein, Elizabeth McCallum, Gregory Ostfeld, Jenny Jourdonnais, John Sullivan, Lauren Nichols, Manvin Mayell, Mark Baker, Mark Loyd, Mark Mattioli, Nick Lofing, Robert Brookhiser, Robert Phillips, Scott Mitchell, Sean Morris, Thomas Dutton

Insurance, claims-made-and-reported policy

December 21, 2019 By lilly

INSURANCE: Claim untimely reported or made under claims-made-and-reported policy… “notice-prejudice” rule not applicable to claims-made-and-reported policies… Cavan affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Gary Zadick, Jason Holden, Katelyn Hepburn, Katie Ranta, Robert Phillips

$7.4 million stipulated judgment with “ifs,” RR bad faith

May 25, 2019 By lilly

STIPULATED JUDGMENT: $7.4 million for railroad worker to resolve bad faith FELA preemption claim, with appeal “ifs”… Bidegaray. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Dennis Conner, Jeff Hedger, Keith Marr, Robert Phillips

Discovery, bad faith following $1.7 million FELA verdict

March 23, 2019 By lilly

DISCOVERY: Supervisory control of Bidegaray denied on liability/causation sanctions default in bad faith case following $1.7 million FELA verdict… Court declines to revisit FELA preemption issue… order. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Anthony Nicastro, Dennis Conner, Erik Thueson, Jeffrey Hedger, John Sullivan, Keith Marr, Mark Parker, Robert Phillips, Samantha Howard, William Mercer

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