VERDICT: $12,500, open intersection MVA, admitted liability, soft-tissue low back. [Read more…]
Comp exclusivity, hand amputated in grain auger
COMP EXCLUSIVITY: No evidence from which a jury could infer that employer intended to cause amputation of employee’s hand in grain auger when he activated switch as the employee was clearing the auger… constitutional challenge rejected… Curtis. [Read more…]
Discovery, failure to provide tax returns
DISCOVERY: Dismissal appropriate for failure to provide tax returns… Stadler affirmed. [Read more…]
Statute of limitations, jail fall injury
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS: Facts of jail fall not self-concealing even though extent of injury may have taken more than 3 years to fully blossom… 120-days tolling for tort claim not applicable to counties… claim time-barred… Stadler. [Read more…]