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According to a personal injury lawyer the district court properly applied the statutory definition of an “insured,” there was no error in denying defendant’s claim for UIM benefits. Defendant, trustee for the heirs and next-of-kin of P.B., appealed from the district court’s ...

Tagged with: Denial Of Coverage motor vehicle accident underinsured motorist coverage

Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, alleging that defendant published false and defamatory statements regarding a criminal complaint filed against plaintiff’s former fleet manager, charging him with theft by swindle. The district court dismissed plaintiff’s complaint, ruling that plaintiff was a ...

Tagged with: Actual Malice defamation Limited-Purpose Public Figure

Plaintiff was seriously injured after falling from the trunk of a car driven by her friend, Samantha Denault. This caused for her to hire a personal injury attorney. After recovering from Denault’s insurer, plaintiff filed an underinsured motorist claim with ...

Tagged with: Heightened Duty of Care personal injury underinsured motorist coverage

Plaintiff suffered permanent head injuries when she fell off the trunk of a vehicle. In a related action, the district court held a bench trial to apportion fault between plaintiff’s friends involved in the accident. In the present case, the ...

Tagged with: Allocation of Fault personal injury Underinsured Motorist Benefits

Where a plaintiff challenged a judgment following a jury verdict for the defendant doctor in her medical malpractice case, the trial court did not err in admitting medical expert testimony that met sufficient reliability criteria, and the judgment is affirmed ...

Tagged with: expert witness medical malpractice tort reform

Plaintiff appealed from the adverse grant of summary judgment in her slip-and-fall action. Plaintiff alleged that she suffered permanent injuries when she slipped and fell on snow and ice in a parking lot operated by defendant. Defendant successfully filed a ...

Tagged with: Causation Expert Motion in Limine slip and fall

Where a man injured in an auto accident as a passenger sued the driver’s parents, who owned the vehicle, for negligent entrustment, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying a stay motion that was filed late, and ...

Tagged with: Incompetence Negligence Entrustment

Plaintiff filed a negligence action arising from a hazing incident, alleging that defendant failed to adequately enforce its alcohol and hazing policies and that this failure caused plaintiff’s injuries. The trial court granted partial summary judgment to defendant, finding that ...

Tagged with: Duty Of Care hazing

Plaintiffs appealed from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant. Plaintiffs argued that there was insufficient evidence to establish summary judgment for defendant in plaintiffs’ non-client professional negligence claim against defendant accounting firm. The uncontroverted material facts demonstrated ...

Tagged with: Accounting Malpractice Sufficiency Of Evidence

Where a woman, who was injured when her bicycle wheel went into a storm-water sump inlet that extended into the sidewalk, sued the city for negligence, claiming the inlet was an unreasonably dangerous condition, the trial court abused its discretion ...

Tagged with: Bicycle Accident Municipal Defendant Subsequent Remedial Measures

Where a tree service employee, who was injured while working, sued a wood chipper manufacturer, the employee’s motion to remand is affirmed because even if the district court erred, the employee cannot get the relief he wanted according to prior ...

Tagged with: Agency Liability product liability remand