South Dakota Intentional Interference with Contractual relations Law
<H2> United States of America v. Bryant James Ross
Pierre, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery.<br> <br> Assault is an act that causes someone to fear imminent physical harm, while battery is the physical act of applying force to another person. The key difference is that battery requires physical contact, which can be offensive or harmful, whereas assault does not, according to some jur... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - 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)Matthew Helde, et al. v. A & K Logistics, Inc.., et al.
Rapid City, South Dakota personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on auto negligence theories. <br> <br> Shane Helde and Crystal Helde individually and through the Estate of Donald Helde, through its personal Representatives Jean Velo.<br> <br> South Dakota personal injury law is governed by the South Dakota Codified Laws. The statute of limitations for personal injury cas... More...
$1 (05-31-2023 - 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)NORTHLAND CAPTIAL v. ROBINSON
<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)JULIE NIEMITALO v. RICHARD SEIDEL
<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's adulter... More...
$0 (04-10-2022 - SD)GANTVOORT v. RANSCHAU
<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 <br> Dakot... More...
$0 (04-10-2022 - SD)JAMES W. FARMER v. LORI A. FARMER, N/K/A LORI A. LIEBERMAN
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented defendant seeking a contempt order against plaintiff. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><h2><br> <br> [¶2.] James and Lori married in 1984 and divorced in January 2014. <br> During their marriage, the couple had purchased a significant amount of <br> undeveloped land in the Black Hills and formed multip... More...
$0 (01-28-2022 - 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)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. DEONDRE DAVIS WILSON
<center><h2><font color="red"> Sioux Falls, SD - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Deondre Wilson with <i>claiming the existence of plain error through the admission of certain evidence and the prosecutor’s closing argument. Wilson directs an additional challenge to his assault convictions, arguing that their domestic designation reflects an essential element that was not proven a... More...
$0 (11-30-2020 - SD)United States of America v. Brian Hinman
Rapid City, SD - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.<br> <br> Brian Hinman, age 38, was charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.<br> <br> From approximately November 2018 to December 2018, Hinman obtained methamphetamine, which he then distributed in South Dakota. A traffic stop of Hinman by Nebraska State Patrol, in Decem... More...
$0 (11-08-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. GRADY WILLIAMS
Sturgis, SD - Criminal Defense Attorney, possession of controlled substances, marijuana, paraphernalia, and a loaded firearm while intoxicated<br> <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><b... More...
$0 (09-30-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. MASON J. BRYANT
Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Criminal Defense Attorney, two counts of aggravated assault and three counts of simple assault.<br> <br> <center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://ujs.sd.gov/Images/BonHomme.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> <br> [¶2.] On the morning of June 9, 2017, Mason Bryant was trying to find... 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. JOSHUA JOHN ARMSTRONG
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$0 (04-03-2020 - SD)STEPHANIE BONEBRIGHT v. CITY OF MILLER and SDML WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FUND
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$0 (04-03-2020 - SD)United States of America v. South Dakota Department of Social Services
Pierre, SD - The United States of America sued the South Dakota Department of Social Services on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the South Dakota Department of Social Services (Department of Social Services or DSS), a state agency that assists South Dakotans seeking public benefits, resolving allegations that DS... More...
$0 (01-30-2020 - SD)TROY DYSART and RICHARD HEINRICH v. DRAGPIPE SALOON, LLC and PATRICK KERWIN and RAYMOND MEYERS
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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. JARED JEROME STONE
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$0 (04-01-2019 - SD)CHARLOTTE M. ANDERSEN v. ARTHUR S. ANDERSEN
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$0 (02-01-2019 - SD)FISCHER v. CITY OF SIOUX FALLS
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$0 (10-26-2018 - SD)KAYLA FLUTH v. SCHOENFELDER CONSTRUCTION, INC. and LARRY WEISSER
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)Oglala Sioux Tribe, et al. v. Lisa Fleming, Mark Vargos, Honorable Craig Pfeifle, Lynne A. Valenti
<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)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. DAVID LEONARD RANDLE, JR., <table> <td>
On October 24, 2015, a group of young adults attended a party at a Sioux Falls condominium leased by Mason Mitzel. There was evidence that the partygoers were drinking and using marijuana and other illegal substances. [¶3.] At some point during the evening, an AK-47 owned by Mitzel was brought out amongst the partygoers. There was testimony that different individuals handled the AK-47. Severa... More...
$0 (08-02-2018 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. SHAWN RAYNARD ROSS <table> <td>
On February 17, 2017, the Brule County Grand Jury indicted Shawn Ross on one count of third-degree burglary in violation of SDCL 22-32-8 and one count of intentional damage to property in violation of SDCL 22-34-1(2). Ross pleaded not guilty. Thereafter, the State and Ross entered into a plea agreement. At a hearing on May 16, 2017, pursuant to the plea agreement, Ross pleaded guilty to third-d... More...
$0 (07-27-2018 - SD)<h1> South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. </h1>
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)ALEJANDRO GARRIDO, TANYA HOOF, and TANYA HOOF as limited conservator for the minor child M.I. v. TEAM AUTO SALES, INC. <P> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals <br> <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">Click Here To Find A Lawyer</a> <br> 888-354-4529 </font>
Hoof and Garrido were involved in a romantic relationship and lived together with M.I. and several other family members in Rapid City. After Hoof’s personal vehicle became inoperable, she decided to purchase another one. On February 10, 2014, Hoof and Garrido went to TAS to search for a vehicle. [¶3.] TAS showed Hoof and Garrido a 1991 Honda Accord it had for sale. The vehicle had over 180,... More...
$0 (05-27-2018 - 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)Roger Lee v. William Driscoll
Mary and Roger Lee sued Mathews Township, South Dakota, and three<br> members of the Township Board of Supervisors—William Driscoll, Greg Albrecht,<br> and William Albrecht (collectively, the individual defendants)—alleging claims<br> under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. The defendants moved for dismissal and<br> summary judgment, which the district court denied in part and granted in part. ... More...
$0 (09-07-2017 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JANNO KOLLAY TALLA <table> <td>
Talla was born in Barentu, Eritrea, in 1984 and immigrated to the United States as a refugee sometime around 2012. After living in Charlotte, North Carolina, for a short time, he moved to Sioux Falls, where he began a relationship with Ammuna Gayya. The two moved in together, and in late 2013, Gayya became pregnant with Talla’s child. In August 2014, prior to their child’s birth, Talla obta... 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)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. NATHAN DALE STOKES <table> <td>
Nathan Stokes is the ex-boyfriend of Lyndsey Braunesreither. The two met on Facebook and became involved in an on-and-off relationship for roughly four years. Stokes lived with Braunesreither in Sioux Falls from January 2014 to August or September 2014. They then dated casually until June or July 2015. They broke up at the end of July 2015. [¶3.] On August 13, 2015, Braunesreither returned... More...
$0 (05-15-2017 - SD)Keith Mendenhall v. Lisa Swanson
[¶1.] Keith Mendenhall appeals a jury verdict awarding $211,710 to Lisa Swanson, his former wife, in compensatory and punitive damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress and alienation of affection. Keith argues the circuit court erred by admitting 14 exhibits consisting of court documents from prior proceedings. We reverse and remand.<br> Facts and Procedural History<br> [¶2.] Lis... More...
$0 (01-04-2017 - SD)<b>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTAv. MARICELA DIAZ</b>
On November 10, 2009, law enforcement officers and firefighters <br> responded to a vehicle fire in a wooded area of Hanson County near Mitchell, South <br> Dakota. After extinguishing the fire, they discovered a badly burned body in the <br> vehicle’s trunk, later identified as 16-year-old Jasmine Guevara. The autopsy <br> revealed that Guevara had been burned alive. <br> [¶3.] After trac... More...
$0 (11-24-2016 - SD)United States of America v. Theodore Nelson, Jr. a/k/a Ted Nelson
Letcher Man Sentenced for Unlawful Taking of Bald Eagle and Unlawful Use of Pesticide<br> <br> a Letcher, South Dakota, man who was found guilty of Unlawful Taking of Bald Eagle and Unlawful Use of Pesticide after a two day jury trial in April of 2016 was sentenced on September 27, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol.<br> <br> Theodore Nelson, Jr., a/k/a Ted Nelson, age 69, was senten... More...
$0 (10-04-2016 - 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. Braiden McCahren
On September 23, 2014, a jury found McCahren guilty of second-degree <br> murder of Dalton Williams and aggravated assault of Tyus Youngberg. The jury <br> heard testimony from Tyus Youngberg. He testified that the death was a result of <br> an incident on December 18, 2012. Youngberg testified that McCahren, Youngberg, <br> and Williams were at McCahren’s house when McCahren went to a gun ra... More...
$0 (04-22-2016 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. MAURICE SANDERS
Sanders was indicted on one count of forgery in violation of SDCL 22<br> 39-36.1 Two and one-half years later, while incarcerated in Illinois, he made a <br> request for disposition of the indictment. Pursuant to that request, he was returned <br> to South Dakota to face the indictment under the Interstate Agreement on <br> Detainers Act. With the assistance of court-appointed counsel, Sanders ... More...
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