VERDICT: $648,508 to Defendant employee, employee termination/failed business sale/purchase… finding of punitives against Plaintiff, which Defendant declined to pursue against former good friend. [Read more…]
House construction, oral changes, lien, defects
HOUSE CONSTRUCTION: Owner obligated to pay for changes orally ordered during construction, argument that [Read more…]
Negligence, suicide v. murder, county investigation
NEGLIGENCE: Verdict/judgment finding death suicide, rejecting claims of negligence in investigation and inquiry, affirmed… [Read more…]
Qualified immunity, drug suspect arrest
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY properly granted to officer who arrested drug suspect in bar parking lot whose arrest was overturned by Montana Supreme Court for lack of probable cause… County Defendants not collaterally estopped from relitigating [Read more…]
Defense verdict, suicide as ruled v. homicide
VERDICT: Defense, Coroner correctly ruled death was suicide, not homicide. [Read more…]
Deputy sheriff termination, $95,998 verdict
DEPUTY TERMINATION: Extra-statutory ulterior reasons for termination not precluded… judicial misconduct claim not supported… $95,998 verdict for deputy fired for allegedly spreading rumor as to jailers’ romantic entanglement, refusal [Read more…]
Attorney fees, discrimination defense verdict
ATTORNEY FEES: Plaintiff’s rejected sex\disability discrimination claims reasonable despite defense verdict, County’s request for $90,484 fees as prevailing party denied… J. Brown. [Read more…]
Defense verdict, discrimination/retaliation
VERDICT: Defense, sex/disability discrimination/ retaliation, extension service employee. [Read more…]