North Dakota Good Will Law
State of North Dakota v. Nathaneil Tekie Solomon
Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f gross sexual imposition and contributing to the deprivation or delinquency of a minor.<br> <br> In February 2024, Solomon was charged with gross sexual imposition, a class A felony, and contributing to the deprivation or delinquency of a minor, a class A misdemeanor. In March 2024, a preliminary hearing and arrai... More...
$0 (07-17-2025 - ND)Teri Knight v. Prudential Insurance Company of America
Fargo, North Dakota insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> North Dakota law provides that the following may constitute bad faith:<br> <br> d. Not attempting in good faith to effectuate prompt, fair, and equitable settlements of claims submitted in which liability has become reasonably clear.<br> <br> e. Compelling insure... More...
$0 (02-15-2024 - ND)Thomas Wagstaff, et al. v. Allstate Insurance Company
Ogden, Utah insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on bad faith breach of insurance contract theories.<br> <br> 31A-26-303. Unfair claim settlement practices.<br> (1) No insurer or person representing an insurer may engage in any unfair claim settlement practice under Subsections (2), (3), and (4).<br> (2) Each of the following acts is an unfair claim settlement pr... More...
$0 (02-05-2024 - ND)Chase Toulou v. Chippewa Resources Incorporated
Minot, North Dakota employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory under 29 U.S.C. 206, et seq., which provide:<br> <br> (a) Employees engaged in commerce; home workers in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands; employees in American Samoa; seamen on American vessels; agricultural employeesEvery employer shall pay to each of his emplo... More...
$0 (09-08-2023 - ND)Michael Becvar and Laurie Becvar v. IMT Insurance Company and Warden Insurance Company
Rapid City, South Dakota insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on bad faith breach of insurance contract theories.<br> <br> "South Dakota law recognizes a cause of action for bad faith breach of an insurance contract. To succeed in a bad faith claim, the plaintiff must prove the following elements:<br> <br> The defendant is an insurance company.<br> The defendant ... More...
$0 (08-07-2023 - ND)West Dakota Oil v. Kathrein Trucking, et al. and Lee Kathrein
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Bismarck, ND - Breach of Contract lawyer represented Defendants with appealing from a judgment piercing the veil of Kathrein Trucking, LLC. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In May 2020, West Dakota Oil, Inc. sued Kathrein Trucking, LLC and its <br> owner, Kathrein, for failing to pay for fuel West Dakota provided. West Dakota <br... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - ND)Blue Appaloosa v. North Dakota Industrial Commission
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Bismarck, ND - Construction lawyer represented Appellee with appealing from a judgment of construction prior to obtaining a permit . </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In January 2018, Blue Appaloosa purchased undeveloped land in Dunn <br> County, North Dakota. A few days after its purchase, Blue Appaloosa stated in <br> an email t... More...
$0 (06-09-2022 - ND)Katie A. Schrodt v. Joseph D. Schrodt and State of North Dakota
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with appealing from a divorce judgment. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Katie Schrodt and Joseph Schrodt married on May 29, 2018. Joseph <br> Schrodt is self-employed as a welder and Katie Schrodt is employed as an <br> equipment operator. The parties share one minor child born in... More...
$0 (04-08-2022 - ND)Heidi Boldt v. Cliff J. Boldt
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing from a divorce judgment. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> The parties were married in 2000. They have four children. Two of the <br> children are minors. They were eleven and nine years old at the time of these <br> proceedings. In 2019, Heidi Boldt left the marital... More...
$0 (01-27-2022 - ND)Michael R. Pomarleau v. Tanya M. Pomarleau
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing from a divorce judgment and amended divorce judgment. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Michael Pomarleau and Tanya Pomarleau were married in 1999 and <br> have three children. In June 2018, the parties separated. In December 2020, <br> following a trial, the distric... More...
$0 (01-26-2022 - ND)Cody Michael Atkins v. State of North Dakota
<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Cody Michael Atkins with a gross sexual imposition charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Atkins has a lengthy history of proceedings before the district court and <br> this Court, as we have recently summarized:<br> Atkins pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition in 2015. This <br> Court affirmed Atkins'... More...
$0 (05-28-2021 - ND)Lorenzo Traveras Pemberton v. State of North Dakota
<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Lorenzo Traveras Pemberton with aggravated assault, interference with an emergency call, and felonious restraint charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We described the evidence presented to the jury in State v. Pemberton, <br> 2019 ND 157, ¶¶ 2-7, 930 N.W.2d 125, and we will not repeat those facts here... More...
$0 (05-28-2021 - ND)State of North Dakota v. The Honorable Stacy J. Louser, Judge of the District Court, North Central Judicial District, and Misty Lee Schwarz
<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Misty Lee Schwarz with fourth offense of driving under the influence of alcohol ("DUIâ€) and a sixth offense in five years of driving with a suspended license charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On April 15, 2020, the State filed a criminal information charging <br> Schwarz with a fourth offense o... More...
$0 (05-28-2021 - ND)Cody Michael Atkins v. State of North Dakota
<center><h2><font color="red">Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Cody Atkins with <i> appealing from district court orders denying his application for post-conviction relief and his motion to reconsider.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Atkins pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition in 2015. This Court <br> affirmed Atkins's criminal judgment. State v. Atkins, 2016 ND 13, ... More...
$0 (03-16-2021 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Ross Thomas
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> In February 2017, the State charged Thomas with aggravated assault,<br> felonious restraint, terror... More...
$0 (04-02-2020 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Henry Lee Marcum
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> On June 10, 2018, Marcum was charged with one count of possession of<br> a controlled substance, se... More...
$0 (04-01-2020 - ND)Agas Siz West Condominium Association v. Judy Solum
Agassiz West Condominium Association appeals from a county court judgment awarding Judy Solum $505.70 in an offset of mutual judgments against the parties. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.<br> <br> I<br> <br> Agassiz consists of three, four-plex residential buildings in West Fargo which were converted into a condominium p... More...
$0 (02-08-1995 - ND)United States of America v. Lonnie Alonzo Howard
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nd/images/bis4.jpg"><br> </center><br> Bismarck, ND - An Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 17 1/2 years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, and Escape<br> <br> Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Lonnie Alonzo Howard, age 48, of Bismarck, North Dakota, on charges of Possession ... More...
$0 (08-18-2019 - ND)United States of America v. Lonnie Alonzo Howard
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nd/images/bis4.jpg"><br> </center><br> Bismarck, ND - An Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 17 1/2 years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, and Escape<br> <br> Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Lonnie Alonzo Howard, age 48, of Bismarck, North Dakota, on charges of Possession o... More...
$0 (07-17-2019 - ND)Cody Michael Atkins v. State of North Dakota
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com" target="_new">MoreLaw Virtual Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red"> Nosotros hablamos español</font><font></h1><P></center><br> In March 2015, Atkins pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition. Following the imposition of sentence, Atkins appealed the criminal judgme... More...
$0 (06-03-2019 - ND)Edward Reynaldo Morales v. State of North Dakota
<center><a href="https://www.morelaw.com/add/attorney/" target="_new"><img width="600" src="https://www.morelaw.com/images/banners/subscription.gif" target="_new"></a></center><br> <center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.nd.gov/docr/offenderlkup/images/40996.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Morales was driving a mini-van in an RV park when he colli... More...
$0 (05-18-2019 - ND)State of North Dakota v. John Phillip Hamre
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ndcourts.gov/Themes/NDCourts/Content/statecourts_logo_blue.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> On June 16, 2017, the State charged Hamre with two counts of simple assault on a peace officer, one count of preventing arrest, and one count of fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer. The charges related to inc... More...
$0 (04-01-2019 - ND)Houston Casualty Company v. Strata Corporation
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/fargooutsidelookingup_1345405815450131553_1448293187413.png"><br> </center><br> <br> Strata Corporation appeals the district court’s1 order granting summary<br> judgment to its excess insurer Houston Casualty Company and denying its crossmotion<br> for summary judgment. We affirm.<br> In July 2012, Strata employee Pete... More...
$0 (02-09-2019 - ND)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. NATHAN D. CHASE
<center><font color="red"><h1>MoreLaw Performance Marketing</h1></font><br> <h2><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28012&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">If It Does Not Work, It Is Free!</a></h2><br> </center><br> On January 23, 2017, at about 7:50 p.m., law enforcement responded to a call from a Rapid City motel regarding an assault. Officers discovered the body of J... More...
$0 (10-08-2018 - ND)State of North Dakota v. JanMichel Wangstad a/k/a Jan-Michel Wangstad
<center><br> <img width="300" src=" https://www.nd.gov/docr/offenderlkup/images/51320.jpg "><br> <h2> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> On March 18, 2016, West Fargo police were dispatched to the Rodeway Inn in response to a report of a man with a gun. Responding officers located the source of the disturbance in one of the rooms. One of the officers knocked on the door of the room and announced... More...
$0 (10-02-2018 - ND)Joe R. Whatley v. Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Joe Whatley, Trustee of the wrongful death claimants' trust (WD Trust),appeals the district court's order finding that his claim under the CarmackAmendment, 49 U.S.C. § 11706, against Canadian Pacific Railway was untimely. Wereverse and remand for further proceedings.<br> I.BACKGROUND<br> On June 29, 2013, a train carrying crude oil left New Town, North Dakota,destined for an oil refinery near Sa... More...
$0 (09-18-2018 - ND)United States of America v. Dallas Wayne Thundershield
A jury convicted Dallas Wayne Thundershield of second-degree murder, in<br> violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111 and 1153; assault with intent to commit murder, in<br> violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a)(1) and 1153; assault with a dangerous weapon, in<br> violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a)(3) and 1153; and assault resulting in substantial<br> bodily injury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a)(7) and... More...
$0 (08-08-2018 - ND)CHS Inc. v. Riemers <table> <td>
In March 2016, CHS was awarded a money judgment against Riemers in the amount of $38,889. In April 2016, Riemers deposited $41,100 into an Alerus Bank account, apparently to be used for garnishment by CHS. In May 2016, on the motion of CHS, the district court entered an amended judgment ("Amended Judgment") in the sum of $41,793.72 to reflect the prejudgment interest accrued. We summarily affirme... More...
$0 (04-28-2018 - ND)Marcus Orlando Chatman v. State of North Dakota <table> <td>
Marcus Orlando Chatman appeals an order summarily dismissing his second application for post-conviction relief. Chatman argues the district court erred in denying his request for an evidentiary hearing on newly discovered evidence, abused its discretion in granting summary dismissal prior to ruling on outstanding motions, and erred in determining the anticipatory search warrant in the underlying c... More...
$0 (03-27-2018 - ND)Ronald William Rogers, Jr. V. State of North Dakota <table> <td>
Rogers conditionally pled guilty to murdering his wife and to willful disturbance of a dead body, reserving the right to appeal the district court's denial of his motion to suppress his confession to police based on a lack of Miranda warnings and involuntariness. In State v. Rogers, 2014 ND 134, ¶ 30, 848 N.W.2d 257, this Court affirmed the conviction, concluding "Rogers was not in police custody... More...
$0 (11-28-2017 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Christian Dupree Hall <table> <td>
On October 1, 2015, Hall was arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver after a search of his backpack revealed the presence of Oxycodone pills packaged in baggies. Hall made his initial appearance on October 2, 2015 and was charged with the offense by information on November 5, 2015 at the preliminary hearing. On December 7, 2015, Hall moved to suppress the evidence,... More...
$0 (05-26-2017 - ND)Joni Tillich, Nichole LaFloe, Shawn Marcellais, Lisa DeCoteau, and Lynn Boughey v. Don Bruce, Vinier "Poin" Davis, and Linda Davis
[¶1] Don Bruce, Vinier Davis, and Linda Davis ("Defendants") appeal from a judgment granting their motion to dismiss and denying their request for attorney fees. We reverse the district court's denial of the Defendants' request for attorney fees under N.D.C.C. § 28-26-01(2) and remand for calculation of attorney fees based upon accepted factors and order the district court award attorney fees to... More...
$0 (02-16-2017 - ND)Darwin and Jean Krenz v. XTO Energy, Inc.
[¶1] XTO Energy, Inc., appeals and Darwin and Jean Krenz cross-appeal from a judgment awarding the Krenzes $800,000 for a pipeline trespass and ordering the parties to abide by certain documents for their future relationship after the district court construed a pipeline easement to authorize one pipeline on the Krenzes' land and found XTO's unauthorized construction and operation of a second pipe... More...
$0 (02-16-2017 - ND)Carl Michael Hoverson v. Sanda Morten Hoverson
[¶1] Sandra Hoverson appeals from a district court order resolving a parenting time dispute. Sandra Hoverson argues the district court improperly modified parenting time without a formal motion filed by either party. We conclude the district court's order did not modify the amended judgment. We affirm the order.<br> <br> I<br> <br> [¶2] Carl and Sandra Hoverson were married in 2004 and have one ... More...
$0 (02-16-2017 - ND)<b><h3>State of North Dakota v. Delvin Lamont Shaw</b></h3>
In June 2014, the State charged Shaw with murder and burglary for allegedly shooting and killing Jose Lopez after breaking into his apartment. At trial, Dametrian Welch testified he accompanied Shaw to Lopez's apartment. Welch testified Shaw kicked the door open, got into an altercation with Lopez, and then shot Lopez four times. Welch testified that after the shooting, he confessed to the police... More...
$0 (09-01-2016 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Charles Lee Davis, II
In April 2011, the State charged Charles Davis II with murder and theft of a motor vehicle. Lynne Sullivan, a forensic psychologist at the State Hospital evaluated and diagnosed Davis with schizophrenia, paranoid type, and concluded he was not criminally responsible for his acts. Davis entered unopposed pleas of not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility to both charges under N.D.C.C. ch. 12.1-... More...
$0 (07-28-2016 - ND)Dean Bjorneby, Keith Bjorneby, Chris Bjorneby, and Josh Bjorneby, individually, and collectively d/b/a Lone Wolf Farms v. Nodak Mutual Insurance Company and Bryan Hurst
The Bjornebys are farmers. They insured their farming operation with a Nodak Mutual insurance policy. Hurst was their insurance agent. During potato harvest, a fire started in the break room of the Bjornebys' potato washing facility. The fire spread and caused substantial damage. The Bjornebys filed an insurance claim, and Nodak Mutual covered a number of losses. Nodak Mutual, however, refused to ... More...
$0 (07-10-2016 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Robert Anthony Putney
On June 15, 2014, Minot police arrested Putney for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. The City of Minot charged Putney with simple assault for violating a city ordinance. On June 16, 2014, Putney pled guilty to the charge in municipal court and the court sentenced him to 30 days in jail.<br> <br> [¶3] In July 2014, the State charged Putney with aggravated assault for shooting his girlfriend dur... More...
$0 (07-01-2016 - ND)Nathan Ratliff v. State of North Dakota
A jury found Nathan Ratliff guilty of robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, theft of property, and felonious restraint. We upheld Ratliff's conviction in State v. Ratliff, 2014 ND 156, 849 N.W.2d 183. Ratliff then filed an application for post-conviction relief in October 2014. Ratliff was appointed counsel, and counsel filed a supplemental application. The district court held a hearing and dismi... More...
$0 (06-30-2016 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Taylor Wilkie
In March 2014, Wilkie was charged with felony possession of drug paraphernalia-methamphetamine and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia-marijuana. He pled guilty to the crimes in August 2014 and was placed on supervised probation. Conditions of Wilkie's probation included not violating any laws and refraining from the use and possession of alcoholic beverages. Wilkie signed the appendix to... More...
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