South Dakota Bad Faith Law
<H2> Mark Fiechtner v. America West Insurance Company
Canton, South Dakota insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> Mark Fiechtner was in a motor vehicle accident in April 2018. Following the accident, Fiechtner sought medical treatment for neck pain, vision issues, and problems with his memory. Fiechtner made a claim for payment of medical benefits to his insurer, American Wes... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - SD)<c> Donald Soulek v. Federated Mutual Insurance Company
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a bad faith breach of insurance contract claim.... More...
$0 (09-17-2025 - SD)Lily Parris v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
<h2><br> Rapid City, South Dakota insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> At its core, a bad faith insurance claim in South Dakota arises when an insurance company fails to fulfill its obligations to the policyholder in a reasonable and fair manner.<br> <br> "In South Dakota, insurance bad faith law is based on the legal ... More...
$0 (06-28-2024 - SD)Dale Hofer, et al. v. Progressive Home, et al.
<font color="red"><h2><br> Rapid City, South Dakota insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on bad faith breach of insurance contact theories.<br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> In the course of the last several years, Mike Abourezk and the Abourezk Law Firm have been involved in numerous insurance bad faith cases, including Bergonzi v. Central States Health and Life Company of Omaha (... More...
$1 (06-18-2024 - SD)Cholena Pourier v. American National Property and Casualty Company
<font color="red"><h2><br> Rapid City, South Dakota insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> At its core, a bad faith insurance claim in South Dakota arises when an insurance company fails to fulfill its obligations to the policyholder in a reasonable and fair manner.<br> <br> ... More...
$1 (06-18-2024 - SD)Tonya Haukaas v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Rapid City, South Dakota insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> "South Dakota recognizes insurance bad faith. As explained by the Supreme Court of South Dakota, "[a] cause of action against an insurance company for bad faith failure to pay a claim is recognized in South Dakota.†Stene v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins.... More...
$0 (03-19-2024 - SD)James Morrison, et al. v. American Family Insurance Company
Sioux Falls, South Dakota insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory.... More...
$0 (02-01-2024 - SD)Mustafa Godi v. United States Liability Company
Sioux Falls, South Dakota insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> In South Dakota, insurance bad faith law is based on the legal principle that there is an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in every insurance contract. This covenant prohibits either party from preventing or injuring the other p... More...
$1 (01-18-2024 - SD)Kut and Kill, Inc. v. United Fire & Casualty Company
Sioux Falls, South Dakota insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a bad faith breach of contract theory.<br> <br> "Kut and Kill Lawn Care has sued its insurance company after it informed the Sioux Falls company it wouldn't cover damages from more than 300 lawns that were chemically burned after an incorrect fertilizer application.<br> <br> After a disastrous weed... More...
$1 (02-05-2024 - SD)Berwin DeJager and Glenda DeJager v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company
Sioux Falls, South Dakota insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory claiming damages in excess of $75,000 as a direct result of the failure of the Defendant to pay Plaintiff's claim.<br> <br> <h2><br> <center><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kftdeyagKXM" target="_new">Bad Faith Breach of Insurance Contracts Law by ... More...
$1 (11-16-2022 - SD)JULIE GODBE, DAVID GODBE v. CITY OF RAPID CITY
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, South Dakota - Personal Injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs and Appellants with suing the City for negligence. </h3></font></b></ i></center></font></center><br> <br> Julie Godbe suffered horrific injuries after her bicycle tire caught in a <br> storm drain grate in Rapid City (City). Julie and her husband David (Godbes) sued <br> Cit... More...
$0 (07-05-2022 - SD)FIRST NATIONAL BANK v. SHARMIN R. INGHRAM, JUSTIN GLEN INGHRAM a.k.a. JUSTIN G. INGHRAM
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, South Dakota - Real Estate lawyer represented defendants and <br> appellants with appealing foreclosure of their real estate and replevin of their business. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> For summary judgment purposes, we must view the facts most <br> favorably to the Inghrams. These facts show that FNB has a local br... More...
$0 (07-05-2022 - SD)Prieor Childers v. Unknown P.D. Officer, SFPD #1, et al.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota pro se Plaintiff, sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff, Prieor Childers, an inmate at the Minnehaha County Jail, filed a pro se civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Docket 1. Judgment was entered against Childers, and he filed a notice of appeal. Dockets 24, 25. Now, Childers moves to appeal without prepayment of fees and ... More...
$0 (06-07-2022 - SD)Mark Hagen and Kathy Hagan v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Sioux Falls, South Dakota insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of Defendant's refusal to pay Plaintiff's claim.<br> <br> 09/22/2021 51 Jury Trial completed on 9/22/2021 before U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.. (Court Reporter: Carla ... More...
$0 (10-26-2021 - SD)Lisa Krough v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Sioux Falls, South Dakota plaintiff insurance law lawyer sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of the breach.... More...
$0 (12-09-2021 - SD)MARTY K. SYRSTAD v. MICHAEL J. SYRSTAD
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Plaintiff accused of alienation of affection and child sex abuse. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> In 1993, when Marty was 14 years old, she began dating Michael's son, <br> Jeremy Syrstad, and while the two were dating, she would spend a significant <br> amount of time at the Syrstad home. Ma... More...
$0 (01-27-2022 - SD)Fern Johnson v. United Parcel Services and Liberty Mutual
Rapid City, South Dakota personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on wrongful bad faith denial of workers' compensation medical benefits.<br> <br> Fern Johnson is a former UPS employee. In November 1995, she began experiencing pain in her lower right groin. (R.185.) She consulted her gynecologist, thinking her groin pain arose from her chronic endometriosis, a non-work-rel... More...
$45500000 (11-09-2021 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. CARRIE LYNN OSTBY STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. DANA OLMSTED
<center><h2><font color="red">Sturgis, SD. - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants Carrie Lynn Ostby and Dana Olmsted charged with <i>felony-controlled substance charges.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On March 20, 2019, at around 5:45 p.m., Deadwood police officers<br> responded to a report of possible illegal drug activity associated with Apartment 15<br> located at 53 Dunlap Av... More...
$0 (11-07-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. COLE TAYLOR
Sturgis, SD - Criminal Defense Attorney, second-degree rape, and sexual contact involving a second victim <br> <br> <center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://www.overtimepaylaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/south-dakota-supreme-court-building.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> <br> [¶2.] On November 10, 201... More...
$0 (09-30-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. ROGER L. JACKSON
Rapid City, SD - Criminal Defense Attorney, third-degree rape <br> <br> <center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://www.overtimepaylaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/south-dakota-supreme-court-building.jpg "> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> [¶2.] In 2012, K.S. was diagnosed with Benson’s Syndrome, a r... More...
$0 (09-30-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. TREVOR ZEPHIER
Yankton, SD - Criminal Defense Attorney, first-degree burglary and grand theft<br> <br> <center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://www.overtimepaylaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/south-dakota-supreme-court-building.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> [¶2.] At approximately 7:00 a.m. on December 9, 2016, Yankt... More...
$0 (09-30-2020 - SD)GENE WEBER and CLARISSA WEBER v. GERALD RAINS and K & L CONSTRUCTION, INC. d/b/a K & L LANDSCAPE & CONSTRUCTION, INC
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$0 (09-23-2019 - SD)CHRISTINA BLANCHARD v. MID-CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY, also known as FARMERS INSURANCEv. MID-CENTURY INSURANCE and COMPANY v. ERIC C. BLOMFELT, and ERIC BLOMFELT & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
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$0 (09-23-2019 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. DONALD M. WILLINGHAM
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$0 (09-23-2019 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JARED JEROME STONE
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> On April 22, 2016, Stone and Lachara Bordeaux drove to the Lucky Lady Casino in Sioux Falls. Stone entered the casino and Bordeaux entered another ne... More...
$0 (04-01-2019 - SD)First State Bank of Roscoe; John R. Beyers v. Brad Allen Stabler; Brenda Lee Stabler
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/sd/locations/aber2.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> First State Bank of Roscoe (the “Bank”) and John R. Beyers appeal the<br> judgment of the district court affirming a bankruptcy 1 court order holding them in<br> 1The Honorable Roberto A. Lange, United States District Judge for the District<br> of South Dakota, affirming the o... More...
$0 (01-31-2019 - SD)National Music Museum: America Shrine to Music v. Robert Johnson
The subject matter of this lawsuit is a Martin D-35 guitar that Elvis Presley<br> played during his final tour in 1977. He dropped the guitar during a show in St.<br> Petersburg, Florida, and gave the damaged guitar to an audience member. Robert<br> Johnson, a blues guitarist and memorabilia broker, purchased the guitar in 2007. He<br> delivered the Martin D-35 guitar to the National Music Museum:... More...
$0 (09-18-2018 - SD)SARAH THOMPSON v. WAMBLI BEAR RUNNER <table> <td>
Sarah and Wambli live across the street from each other in Rapid City, South Dakota, in the tight-knit community of Lakota Homes. They also attended school together at Oglala Lakota College. Sarah and Wambli first started communicating in 2014 when Sarah began dating Wambli’s ex-boyfriend, Clay Ramsey. Sarah and Clay dated for only three months. [¶3.] On December 19, 2014, Wambli initiate... More...
$0 (07-22-2018 - SD)United States of America v. Zachery Lee Ziegler
Rapid City, SD - Fort Thompson Man Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter<br> <br> A Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on May 14, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.<br> <br> Zachery Lee Ziegler, age 32, was sentenced to 20 months in custody, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victim... More...
$0 (05-18-2018 - SD)PERCY ALLAN AHRENDT v. DIANE MUREE CHAMBERLAIN <table> <td>
Percy Ahrendt and Diane Chamberlain were married in 1999. Diane and her son from a prior marriage moved into Percy’s residence. During their first eight years, Diane worked various part-time jobs and made about $7,885 a year in reported income. At that time, she was studying to obtain her securities licenses, and she paid approximately $250-$350 of the monthly marital expenses. Percy made ab... More...
$0 (04-12-2018 - SD)United States v. James Joseph Thompson
Following an August 2016 jury trial, James Thompson was convicted of<br> possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C.<br> 1The Honorable Richard W. Goldberg, Judge for the United States Court of<br> International Trade, sitting by designation.<br> § 841(a)(1). Thompson appeals his conviction. For the reasons set forth below, we<br> affirm.<br> I. Backgroun... More...
$0 (02-08-2018 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. BERTON C. TOAVS <table> <td>
On April 26, 2016, Toavs shot and killed his girlfriend Eliza Edgins and his friend Nathan Gann at Toavs’s home in Faith, South Dakota. Toavs and Edgins were in an off-and-on romantic relationship for some time, and Gann had been staying at Toavs’s home for approximately six weeks prior to the incident. During the time Gann had been staying with Toavs, a romantic relationship developed betwe... More...
$0 (12-30-2017 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JEREMY JACOB GOODSHOT <table> <td>
On the morning of August 13, 2015, Kenny Maldonado-Molina was <br> awakened by his dog barking outside, and he left his house with a handgun to <br> investigate. He observed a man, later identified as Goodshot, holding a machete <br> over his head. Because Goodshot walked towards Maldonado-Molina in a <br> threatening manner, Maldonado-Molina displayed the gun and warned Goodshot to <br> stay ba... More...
$0 (06-09-2017 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JOSHUA THOMAS SPANIOL <table> <td>
In early October 2014, H.S. (Mother) noticed her four-year-old daughter, A.S., had a brown vaginal discharge. On October 6, Mother took A.S. to see Doctor Rebecca Pengilly. Dr. Pengilly took a sample and sent it to a lab for testing, expecting results in several days. [¶3.] On October 7, Joshua Spaniol, Mother’s husband and A.S.’s father, told Mother that his penis was painful, infl... More...
$0 (05-15-2017 - SD)David Knigge v. B & L Food Stores, Inc. and Estate of Robert Allen Knigge
[¶1.] David Knigge entered into an oral employment contract with his brother, Robert Knigge, to manage a grocery store that was owned by Robert and his wife Lynette. David entered into the contract in part because Robert had cancer and a limited time to live. The contract allegedly included a severance payment to David if Lynette desired to end David’s employment after Robert’s death. Robert ... More...
$0 (02-01-2017 - SD)<b>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JOSHUA ALLEN BAUSCH</b>
A.L., born March 25, 2005, lived with her grandmother, Ann, in Sioux <br> Falls, South Dakota. A.L.’s step-grandfather, Tim, and 15-year-old aunt, Angela, <br> also lived at the residence. Rebecca, Ann’s niece, visited the residence on an <br> evening in December 2012. Rebecca brought her three children and boyfriend, <br> Joshua Allen Bausch. Rebecca had met Bausch four months prior and w... More...
$0 (01-05-2017 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. LISA BETH SLOTSKY
After a traffic stop for speeding in March 2015, the State charged <br> Slotsky with unauthorized ingestion of a controlled substance, driving under the <br> influence, driving while license is revoked, and speeding. Slotsky pleaded not <br> guilty. In August 2015, the circuit court held a change-of-plea hearing. At the <br> hearing, counsel for Slotsky indicated that Slotsky “will plead guil... More...
$0 (07-29-2016 - SD)MINNEHAHA COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE MILSTEAD and STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. EMILY LOU SMITH
Minnehaha County Deputy Sheriff Adam Zishka arrested Emily Lou <br> Smith on September 30, 2014. She was later indicted for several offenses, including <br> three counts of simple assault against a law enforcement officer. In October 2014, <br> Smith served a subpoena duces tecum on Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead <br> requesting production of “[a]ll disciplinary records/reprimands/comp... More...
$0 (07-29-2016 - SD)MINNEHAHA COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE MILSTEAD and STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JOSEPH PATRICK JOHNSON
On April 30, 2014, Minnehaha County Detectives Joe Bosman, Craig <br> Butler, and Ryan Qualseth arrested Joseph Patrick Johnson on a misdemeanor <br> child-support warrant. He was later indicted for several offenses, including two <br> counts of simple assault against a law enforcement officer (Detective Qualseth). <br> Detective Qualseth was the only detective involved in the physical altercati... More...
$0 (07-29-2016 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. STEVEN PURSLEY
On Friday, November 2, 2012, Jeffrey Patterson and Caleb Fousek <br> visited the Belle Star Gentleman’s Club in Box Elder, South Dakota, where they <br> were later joined by their friend James Thompson. Shortly after Thompson arrived, <br> he and Patterson decided to step outside to smoke cigarettes. Crystal Sandoval, <br> who is Defendant’s sister, was outside. Patterson began flirting wit... More...
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