South Dakota Injurious Falsehood Law

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. BRANDON KEITH SNODGRASS

<center><h2>Pierre, SD - Sexual contact with a child under age sixteen criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Brandon Snodgrass arguing the indictment against him failed to sufficiently allege the dates, times, and locations of the crimes charged so that he could prepare an adequate defense. Snodgrass also claims that the circuit court abused its discretion in admittin... More...

$0 (11-30-2020 - 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)

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. TAMMY JEAN KVASNICKA

At approximately 2:00 a.m. on July 10, 2010, after an evening of consuming alcohol, Kvasnicka caused a fatal automobile accident by driving her vehicle southbound in the northbound lane of Interstate 229 near Sioux Falls. Although Kvasnicka was not seriously injured, one passenger in the car she struck died at the scene and another passenger suffered a serious injury to his ar... More...

$0 (04-11-2016 - SD)

STATE OF SOTH DAKOTA v. KVASNICKA

At approximately 2:00 a.m. on July 10, 2010, after an evening of consuming alcohol, Kvasnicka caused a fatal automobile accident by driving her vehicle southbound in the northbound lane of Interstate 229 near Sioux Falls. Although Kvasnicka was not seriously injured, one passenger in the car she struck died at the scene and another passenger suffered a serious injury to his ar... More...

$0 (01-08-2016 - SD)

David J. Iverson v. NPC International, Inc.

[¶1.] David Iverson alleged that he was attacked by NPC International's (Pizza Hut's) employee, Norman Williams, at a Pizza Hut restaurant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Iverson filed suit against Williams and Pizza Hut. He asserted four theories of liability: (1) vicarious liability under the doctrine of respondeat superior; (2) negligent hiring; (3) breach of duty to control an employee; and, (4... More...

$0 (07-20-2011 - SD)

James S. Kirlin and Kristin Kirlin v. Kim Halverson, Kelly Cawthorne, and PKJ, Inc., d/b/a Empire Hvac

[¶1.] On August 31, 2005, plaintiff James Scott Kirlin (Kirlin) commenced a lawsuit in the South Dakota Second Judicial Circuit for personal injuries and other losses against defendants Kim Halverson (Halverson), Kelly Cawthorne (Cawthorne) and PKJ, Inc. d/b/a Empire HVAC (PKJ) resulting from an assault that Halverson perpetrated upon Kirlin. Kirlin's wife, plaintiff Kristin Kirlin, concurrently ... More...

$0 (11-05-2008 - SD)

Progressive Halcyon Insurance Co. and Carol Wellnitz v. Roxanne Philippi, Personal Representative of the Sylvia Ruhr Estate, Deceased

[¶1.] On August 22, 2006, Carol Wellnitz (Wellnitz) and her auto insurance provider, Progressive Halcyon Insurance Co. (Progressive), filed a declaratory judgment action in the South Dakota Third Judicial Circuit seeking a determination that immunity extended to her under South Dakota's workers' compensation statute, SDCL 62-3-2, for an injury that she caused to Sylvia Ruhr (Ruhr). On February 8,... More...

$0 (07-29-2008 - SD)