South Dakota Commercial Litigation Law
<h2> <center> Kylea Wagner v. Rigo Tovar </h2> </center>
Rapid City, South Dakota family law lawyers represented the parties in a protective order matter.<br> <br> Kylea Wagner filed a petition for a protection order against Rigo Tovar for herself and their two minor children. Following a permanent order hearing, the circuit court found that domestic abuse occurred and issued a five-year domestic permanent protection order that required Rigo not to hav... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - SD)<h2> <center> Rodney Alexander v. Estate of Steve Hobart and Nick Hobart </h2> </center>
Rapid City, South Dakota civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract dispute.<br> <br> Rodney Alexander and Steve Hobart entered into an agreement giving Alexander a right of first refusal to purchase Steve's cattle and to have Steve's national forest livestock grazing permit transferred to him. They, along with Steve's son Nick, later signed an addendum clarifying th... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - SD)<h1><center> United States of America v. Canku Martinez </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Kidnapping </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mission Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Kidnapping </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Canku Martinez, age... More...
$0 (01-22-2025 - SD)<h1><center> United States of America v. Mason Neck </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rapid City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney Ali... More...
$0 (11-27-2024 - SD)<h1><center> United States of America v. Brent Lester </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Parmelee Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Shooting Another Man.</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that... More...
$0 (10-29-2024 - SD)<h2> <center> State of South Dakota v. Anthony Rome, Sr. </h2> </center>
When Justice Went To Hell: Anthony Rome, Sr. picked up his son from the boy's Mother's house on October 19, 1986 and did not return him at the end of his court decreed visitation with the boy. Instead, Rome went on the run with the boy. The boy's mother reported and Anthony he was indicted and a warrant was issues for his arrest. In January, 1987, the FBI found and arrested Anthony.<br> <br> R... More...
$0 (12-31-1987 - SD)<h2><center> Amy Meyer v. Mark Meyer </h2></center>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a breach of contract theory.<br> <br> For the breach of an obligation arising from contract, the measure of damages, except where otherwise expressly provided by this code, is the amount which will compensate the party aggrieved for all the detriment proximately caused thereby, or which, in the o... More...
$0 (01-09-2024 - SD)<h2> <center> State of South Dakota v. Anthony Rome </h2> </center>
Defendant and appellant, Anthony Rome, Sr. (Anthony), was found guilty by the trial court of taking a minor child from the custodial parent, in violation of SDCL 22-19-9 and 22-19-10.[*] Anthony was sentenced to five years in the South Dakota Penitentiary, execution of sentence suspended upon his compliance with certain conditions of probation. Anthony appeals. We reverse and remand.<br> <br> Anth... More...
$0 (04-28-1987 - SD)<h2><center> Zvitaliy Strizheus v. The City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota </h2></center>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants taking of property without just compensation.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs Vitaliy and Nataliya Strizheus (collectively “Plaintiffsâ€) seek a preliminary injunction to prevent Defendant the City of Sioux Falls (“the Cityâ€) from enforcing a final state court judgment permitting the razing of ... More...
$0 (07-27-2023 - SD)<h2> <center> Joshua A. Lapin v. Everquote, Inc., et al. </h2> <center>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on a fraud theory.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sioux_Falls_SD_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Federal Courthouse - Sioux Falls, South Dakota"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Federal Courthouse - Sioux Falls, South Da... More...
$0 (02-17-2023 - SD)<h2><center> JULIE GODBE, DAVID GODBE v. CITY OF RAPID CITY</h2></center>
<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)<h2><center> FIRST NATIONAL BANK v. SHARMIN R. INGHRAM, JUSTIN GLEN INGHRAM a.k.a. JUSTIN G. INGHRAM</h2></center>
<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)<h2><center> NORTHLAND CAPTIAL v. ROBINSON</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, South Dakota - Agricultural Law lawyer represented Plaintiff and Appellee with filing suit for non payment for grain bin monitoring equipment. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> Robinson purchased grain bin monitoring equipment for his farm in <br> Spink County from American Edge Grain, Inc. on May 8, 2017. The purchase w... More...
$0 (07-05-2022 - SD)<h2><center> JEREMY FLINT v. LYNDSEY FLINT</h2></center>
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Plaintiff with seeking primary physical custody of a child. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> The parties met in 2010 through a mutual friend and began dating. <br> Jeremy is originally from Sioux Falls, but at the time, he was serving in the United <br> States Air Force and stationed at Tra... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - SD)<h2><center> Prieor Childers v. Unknown P.D. Officer, SFPD #1, et al. </h2> </center>
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)<h2><center> JULIE NIEMITALO v. RICHARD SEIDEL</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Defendant and Appellee with whether their divorce agreement released Julie’s right to bring a civil suit against Richard. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> <br> [¶2.] Julie and Richard had been married for 23 years when, in September <br> 2017, she filed for divorce based on Richard�... More...
$0 (04-10-2022 - SD)<h2><center> GANTVOORT v. RANSCHAU</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Plaintiff with suing his former wife for placing a hidden recording device in Doug’s office. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> [¶2.] Doug and Mary married in 1996. During the course of their marriage, <br> they owned and operated a specialty restoration business in Clear Lake, South <... More...
$0 (04-10-2022 - SD)<h2><center> TIMOTHY JOHN EVENS v. RACHEL JOANNA EVENS </h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented appellant appealing decree of divorce.</h3></font></b></i></center></font><h2><br> <br> <br> Rachel Evens and Tim Evens were married in 2005 and have four <br> minor children. At the time of their marriage, the couple lived in Havre, Montana, <br> where Tim owned and operated a carpet cleaning business, kn... More...
$0 (01-28-2022 - SD)<h2><center> AREN FIELD v. MATTHEW FIELD</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Plaintiff with challenging the circuit court for excluding farmland purchased from the marital estate. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><h2><br> <br> <br> [¶2.] Aren and Matt Field were married in 2001. The two began dating <br> when they were both students at South Dakota State University. Matt late... More...
$0 (01-28-2022 - SD)<h2><center> MARTY K. SYRSTAD v. MICHAEL J. SYRSTAD</h2></center>
<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 h... More...
$0 (01-27-2022 - SD)<center> <h2> Cristy Payfer v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. </h2> </center>
Pierre, South Dakota product liability personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a product liability claiming to have suffered $15 million in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of a defective and unreasonably dangerous produced and sold by Defendant.<br> <br> Smith & Nephew plc, also known as Smith+Nephew, is a British multinational medical equipment manufacturing... More...
$1 (05-12-2021 - SD)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Wilson Asfora, M.D. </h2> </center>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota health care fraud lawyer represented defendant charged with taking kickbacks.<br> <br> Neurosurgeon Wilson Asfora, M.D. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and two medical device distributorships that he owns, Medical Designs LLC and Sicage LLC, agreed to pay $4.4 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to illegal payments to Asfora to induce the use of certain... More...
$0 (05-04-2021 - SD)<center> <h2>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. ROBERT SUCHOR </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Robert Suchor with <i> appealing the jury’s verdict finding him guilty of three counts of grand theft by misappropriation of funds by a contractor.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> [¶1.] Robert Suchor appeals the jury’s verdict finding him guilty of three<br> counts of grand theft by mis... More...
$0 (01-12-2021 - SD)<center> <h2> David Mogard v. Boyd Van Vooren and City of Milbank </h2> </center>
Sioux Falls, SD - Civil litigation civil rights lawyer represented plaintiff David Mogard who sued Boyd Van Vooren and City of Milbank claiming that defendants wrongfully deprived him of his rights.... More...
$1 (11-08-2020 - SD)<center> <h2> United States ex rel. Bechtold, et al. v. Asfora, et al. </h2> </center>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota Qui Tam False Claims Act violation lawyer represented Medtronic.<br> <br> “Kickbacks undermine the integrity of federal healthcare programs and increase costs borne by taxpayers,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division. “This case demonstrates the Department of Justice’s commitment to ensure th... More...
$0 (10-30-2020 - SD)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Hultgren Construction, LLC </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Sioux_Falls_Federal_Building_35.jpg/250px-Sioux_Falls_Federal_Building_35.jpg"><br> </center><br> Sioux Falls, SD - Hultgren Construction, L.L.C. Pleads Guilty in Federal Court for Willful Violations Related to Building Collapse & Death of Employee<br> <br> Hultgren Construction, L.L.C., of Sioux Falls, SD... More...
$0 (09-27-2019 - SD)<center> <h2> GENE WEBER and CLARISSA WEBER v. GERALD RAINS and K & L CONSTRUCTION, INC. d/b/a K & L LANDSCAPE & CONSTRUCTION, INC </h2> </center>
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$0 (09-23-2019 - SD)<center> <h2> 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. </h2> </center>
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$0 (09-23-2019 - SD)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Zam Lian Mung </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/sd/locations/rapidcty.jpg"><br> </center><br> Rapid City, SD - Rapid City Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Attempted Sex Trafficking<br> <br> A Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Commercial Sex Trafficking of Children and Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet following a federal jury trial,... More...
$0 (08-18-2019 - SD)<center> <h2> CHARLOTTE M. ANDERSEN v. ARTHUR S. ANDERSEN </h2> </center>
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$0 (02-01-2019 - SD)<center> <h2> First State Bank of Roscoe; John R. Beyers v. Brad Allen Stabler; Brenda Lee Stabler </h2> </center>
<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)<center> <h2> KAYLA FLUTH v. SCHOENFELDER CONSTRUCTION, INC. and LARRY WEISSER <P> <img width="400" src="https://images.avvo.com/avvo/ugc/images/gallery/normalized/4579843_1423671649.jpg"> <P> MoreLaw Suites - The Best Place In Tulsa To Practice Law </h2> </center>
On June 3, 2012, a disgruntled tenant set off a gas explosion in the basement of one of Weisser’s Mitchell, South Dakota rental properties. The explosion lifted the house off its foundation and caused extensive damage to the interior. After visiting the site, Weisser contacted Schoenfelder to demolish the home and grade the property to normal elevation. [¶3.] Shortly after Schoenfelder began... More...
$0 (09-19-2018 - SD)<center> <h2> National Music Museum: America Shrine to Music v. Robert Johnson <P> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Sioux_Falls_Federal_Building_35.jpg/250px-Sioux_Falls_Federal_Building_35.jpg"> <P> Federal Courthouse - Sioux Falls, South Dakota <P> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</a> <br> <center><font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a> </font> <br> 888-354-4529 </h2> </center> </font>
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)<center> <h2> Oglala Sioux Tribe, et al. v. Lisa Fleming, Mark Vargos, Honorable Craig Pfeifle, Lynne A. Valenti </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/sd/locations/rapidcty.jpg"><br> </center><br> The Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and tribal members Madonna<br> Pappan and Lisa Young brought this action against various South Dakota officials<br> under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They challenged procedures used in proceedings brought by<br> the State to remove children te... More...
$0 (09-18-2018 - SD)<center> <h1> South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. </h1> <P> <img width="300" src= " https://www.supremecourt.gov/images/1993-2-3.jpg"> <P> <h2>SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES </h2> </center>
When a consumer purchases goods or services, theconsumer’s State often imposes a sales tax. This case requires the Court to determine when an out-of-stateseller can be required to collect and remit that tax. All concede that taxing the sales in question here is lawful. The question is whether the out-of-state seller can be held responsible for its payment, and this turns on a proper interpretati... More...
$0 (06-21-2018 - SD)<center><h2>ESTATE OF WAYNE KENNETH DUCHENEAUX vs. DOUGLAS D. DUCHENEAUX</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/South_Dakota_Supreme_Court_Seal.png"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black">SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA </FONT> </h2>
A detailed summary of the facts underlying this case are outlined in Estate of Ducheneaux v. Ducheneaux, 2015 S.D. 11, 861 N.W.2d 519. Wayne Ducheneaux died testate on November 18, 2011, leaving six children. On January 6, 2009, Wayne executed a will dividing his estate equally among his five <br> daughters1 while “intentionally making no provisions . . . for [his] son Douglas Ducheneaux,” w... More...
$0 (04-17-2018 - SD)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jerome Davis Kent <P> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Sioux_Falls_Federal_Building_35.jpg/250px-Sioux_Falls_Federal_Building_35.jpg"> <P> Federal Courthouse - Sioux Falls, South Dakota </h2> </center>
Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Transportation for Illegal Sexual Activity and Related Crimes<br> <br> A Sioux Falls, South Dakota man convicted of transportation for illegal sexual activity and related crimes was sentenced on February 8, 2018 by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.<br> <br> Jerome Davis Kent, age 51, was sentenced to 30 months custody, 6 years of su... More...
$0 (02-12-2018 - SD)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Alexandros Thymaras <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/sites/sdd/files/welcome-img2.jpg"> <P> Federal Courthouse - Rapid City, South Dakota </h2> </center>
Sioux Falls, SD - Canadian Man Sentenced for Internet Crime<br> <br> A man from Calgary, Alberta, who was convicted of Attempted Trafficking in Involuntary Servitude and Forced Labor, was sentenced on January 19, 2018, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.<br> <br> Alexandros Thymaras, age 35, was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by 1 year of supervised release, and... More...
$0 (01-29-2018 - SD)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Anthony Donte Collier <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.ndd.uscourts.gov/lci/BisCR1.jpg"> <p> District of North Dakota Federal Courtroom - Fargo, North Dakota </h2> </center>
Fargo, ND - Illinois Resident Sentenced on Sex Trafficking Charges<br> <br> Anthony Donte Collier, a/k/a Koleone The Great, age 30, of Illinois, was sentenced on December 21, 2017 in federal court after being found guilty by a trial jury in April of this year. Collier was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release on charges of Conspiracy to Engage in... More...
$0 (12-26-2017 - SD)<center><h2>IN THE MATTER OF CIMERON GRANT ERICKSON v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src="https://geo1.ggpht.com/cbk?panoid=-FyiXzX0ebuSLZwOqhi42A&output=thumbnail&cb_client=search.LOCAL_UNIVERSAL.gps&thumb=2&w=183&h=160&yaw=30.440128&pitch=0&thumbfov=100"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black">South Dakota Supreme Court </FONT> </h2>
On July 30, 2011, Erickson was arrested for driving his motorcycle while under the influence of alcohol. On November 3, 2011, Erickson pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle while his blood alcohol content was 0.08 percent or more, in violation of SDCL 32-23-1(1). At Erickson’s sentencing hearing on December 19, Magistrate Judge Alan D. Dietrich suspended the imposition of sentence and placed Er... More...
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