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Ski waiver doesn't apply to lift accidents, Colorado Supreme Court rules
DENVER (Legal Newsline) - A waiver prohibiting lawsuits over most types of skiing accidents doesn’t apply in the case of a teenager who was left paraplegic after falling 30 feet from a chair lift at Crested Butte, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled, opening a potentially expensive new avenue for trial lawyers to sue ski resorts. -
Hospital stuck with immigrant's unpaid bills gets no help from South Dakota law
PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) - A hospital that provided $75,000 in care to a seasonal worker who skipped his bill and returned to Mexico can’t recover the money from the county where he worked, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled. -
Lawyers not liable for failing to sue South Dakota over car accident
PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers who represented a man who was injured in a car accident with a vehicle driven by a South Dakota employee didn’t commit malpractice by failing to sue the state, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled, rejecting arguments there was evidence the driver at fault was on duty at the time. -
Farm owners can be sued over fatal accident during truck repair
PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) - The owners of a South Dakota farm can be sued over an explosion that killed two workers as they attempted to weld a crack in a truck’s diesel fuel tank, the state’s highest court ruled. -
South Dakota court rules for restaurant in slip-and-fall lawsuit
PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of South Dakota has upheld a lower court's ruling that a restaurant was not negligence in a patron's slip-and-fall case. -
S.D. Supreme Court rules for man who sued ex-wife's lover over affair
PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) – The South Dakota Supreme Court partially upheld a ruling in a suit filed by a man against his ex-wife's lover. -
South Dakota Supreme Court affirms city isn't liable in suit filed by cyclist injured at park
PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) – The South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed Oct. 3 that the city of Sioux Falls is immune from liability in a lawsuit filed by injured cyclist Robert Fischer. -
South Dakota SC rules lower court erred in granting judgment to Big Stone Therapies in case over broken femur
PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) – The South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed a summary judgment in favor of a hospital and reversed another in favor of a physical therapy company in a medical negligence case. -
S.D. Supreme Court affirms almost $2.3 million award in Menards injury case
PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) – A more than $2.2 million award handed down in 2016 by a Davison County jury for a now-deceased man injured at a Menards store in Mitchell, South Dakota, was recently affirmed by the South Dakota Supreme Court. -
Punctuation helps Sioux Falls newspaper win lawsuit over access to court records
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of the State of South Dakota ruled in favor of a newspaper in its case against the city of Sioux Falls on Sept. 20. -
Fired by sister-in-law, brother gets second shot at severance pay lawsuit
PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) – The South Dakota Supreme Court has granted a man the chance to prove he had an agreement with his terminally ill brother that included a $100,000 severance payment if he was fired by his sister-in-law. -
S.D. SC OKs issuance of air quality permit to refinery
PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) - The South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's ruling allowing the issuance of an air quality permit to Hyperion Refining LLC, enabling the company to begin construction on a petroleum refinery and power plant in Union County. -
S.D. SC says wife can't collect on arson claim
PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) - The South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed that an "innocent insured" cannot collect her share of an insurance claim due to the conviction of her co-insured husband in connection with the arson of their business. -
S.D. SC denies petition in case of accidental Russian roulette death
Gilbertson PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) - The South Dakota Supreme Court last week upheld an order denying the petition of a man who says witnessing his friend's Russian roulette-style death lead to his post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis. -
S.D. SC says electric shock survivor can recover benefits
Severson PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) - The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled this month that coverage is available when the negligent maintenance of an uninsured vehicle results in an accident that causes damages to a claimant. -
S.D. high court affirms judgment in favor of meat company
Zinter PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) - The South Dakota Supreme Court last week found in favor of the maker of a popular line of processed meats in a workers' compensation case. -
S.D. SC rules against woman in Workers' Comp claim
Severson PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) - The South Dakota Supreme Court last week upheld the dismissal of a woman's Workers' Compensation claim. -
Pizza Hut not at fault for alleged attack by employee
Meierhenry PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) - The South Dakota Supreme Court last week upheld a lower court's ruling in favor of popular restaurant chain Pizza Hut following an alleged attack by one of its employees.
