VERDICT: Defense, 17 counts, failure to pay child support, false claims, bank fraud, false statement to bank, money laundering. [Read more…]
$5,826,023 verdict/judgment, fraudulent ARD claims
VERDICT: $1,081,265 verdict trebled by Judge Christensen to $3,243,795 damages for false or fraudulent ARD claims by CARD plus $2,582,228 False Claim Act penalties for total of $5,826,023 to US with Qui Tam Relator BNSF awarded 25% of total proceeds plus fees/costs (claim for $1.4 million pending). [Read more…]
$5,826,023 verdict/judgment, fraudulent ARD claims
VERDICT: $1,081,265 verdict trebled by Judge Christensen to $3,243,795 damages for false or fraudulent ARD claims by CARD plus $2,582,228 False Claim Act penalties for total of $5,826,023 to US with Qui Tam Relator BNSF awarded 25% of total proceeds plus fees/costs (claim for $1.4 million pending). [Read more…]
Judicial appointments, SB 140 appointments by Governor
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS: SB 140 direct appointment by Governor does not violate Art. VII §8(2)… original proceeding. [Read more…]
Defense verdict, dog bite
VERDICT: Defense, dog bite, puncture wounds to hand and wrist. [Read more…]
Fraud, $1,724,000 verdict, veterans help scam
FRAUD: $1.724,000 verdict against purported former Marine officer for inducing Plaintiff to invest in failed oilfield cleaning venture intended to help veterans affirmed… Allison affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
Preliminary injunction, cattle breeding dispute
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION in cattle breeding dispute properly issued on remand for findings & conclusions, although some findings & conclusions went beyond the appropriate inquiry… Larson affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
Sanctions, wrongful discharge, training records spoliation
SANCTIONS: Default judgment denied on wrongful discharge claims by allegedly disabled psychiatric therapist trainee due to spoliation of training documents and discovery abuses, but sanctions ordered to place her in position she would have been in with extended discovery and adverse inference instruction as to spoliated documents… Christensen. [Read more…]