South Dakota Labor Relation Law
<h2> <center> Seamus Culhane, Turbak Law Office, P.C., Thomas Dickson and Dickson Law Office v. Bill Trovson
Watertown, South Dakota, lawyers represented the parties in a declaratory judgement actions. Bill Thovson, a South Dakota resident, contacted attorney Seamus Culhane, a South Dakota attorney, following the tragic death of Thovson’s wife, Paula, as a result of a car accident in North Dakota on July 28, 2020. Culhane agreed to represent Thovson and his minor daughter in relation to Paula’... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - SD)Jody Pham v. Smithfield Foods, Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, South Dakota workers' compensation lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a premises liability claim.<br> <br> Jody Pham injured her neck and right shoulder while working at Smithfield Foods, a self-insured employer. Smithfield accepted the injury as a compensable workers' compensation claim and, without a hearing or settlement agreement, continued to pay workers' compensation benefits f... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - SD)<H2> United States of America v. Moses Crowe
Sturgis, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting a carjacking resulting inserious bodily injury, aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. <br> <br> Saul Crowe forced Phillip Moore at gunpoint to drive a van from a Walmart store to the Ramkota Hotel... More...
$0 (07-17-2025 - sd)<h1> United States of America v. Elijah Barse </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Carjacking and Carrying and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jury Finds Sioux Falls Man Guilty of Carjacking and Carrying and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Re... More...
$0 (04-30-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. William Waldemar Godoy </h1>
<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> Guatemalan Man Sentenced for Immigration Related Matters </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge... More...
$0 (06-18-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Deyvin Morales; Juan Francisco Alvarez-Sorto; Karla Lopez-Gutierrez</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Kidnapping; Carjacking; Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence; Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person; and Unlawful Reentry after Deportation</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b><br> Two Men and a... More...
$0 (04-28-2024 - 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)TIMOTHY JOHN EVENS v. RACHEL JOANNA EVENS
<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)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. SHAWN MICHAEL SHELTON
<center><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Shawn Michael Shelton with the sale of methamphetamine to a confidential informant (CI) charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> [¶2.] Detective Joseph Erickson (Detective Erickson) of the Yankton Police <br> Department and Special Agent Ryan Pennock (Agent Pennock) of the South Dakota <br> Division of Criminal... More...
$0 (04-26-2021 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. ROBERT SUCHOR
<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 misappropriation of... More...
$0 (01-12-2021 - SD)STEPHANIE BONEBRIGHT v. CITY OF MILLER and SDML WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FUND
<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> James Bonebright began his employment with the City of Miller (the<br> City) in 1987, working for t... More...
$0 (04-03-2020 - SD)United States of America v. Hultgren Construction, LLC
<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)TROY DYSART and RICHARD HEINRICH v. DRAGPIPE SALOON, LLC and PATRICK KERWIN and RAYMOND MEYERS
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$0 (09-23-2019 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. WAYLON NATHAN UHRE
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.homefacts.com/images/offenders/southdakota/thumb/S165203320181219.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> Waylon Nathan Uhre - Registered Sex Offender </font> </h2><br> </center><br> On June 30, 2015, E.B.’s parents left E.B., then four years old, and her older brother with their grandparents in Black Hawk while they took an overnight trip. Waylon... More...
$0 (02-01-2019 - 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)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 of America v. Alexandros Thymaras
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)VARNER BEALS v. AUTOTRAC, INC <table> <td>
AutoTrac Inc. is a manufacturing company located in Fairfax, South Dakota. John Parsons founded AutoTrac as a sole proprietorship focused on automotive and farm-equipment repair. After Parsons’s cousin Dennis Howard became involved in the company, AutoTrac’s focus shifted to manufacturing. In 2008, AutoTrac was incorporated as a subchapter S corporation. Howard serves as AutoTrac’s presi... More...
$0 (11-29-2017 - 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)<b>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. KEITH WAYNEMCLAIN HORNED EAGLE</b></h2.
On September 28, 2014, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Cheryl Walking <br> Crow called 911 to report that she had been raped earlier that morning. She <br> explained that she had walked to a cement enclosure next to the Salvation Army <br> building to sleep when a man approached her and raped her. Sioux Falls police <br> officers Bridget O’Toole and Craig Boetel responded. Officer O’Toole not... More...
$0 (09-30-2016 - SD)BLACK HILLS EXCAVATING SERVICES, INC. v. RETAIL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC. v. MITCHELL E. MORRIS
RCS hired BHE as a subcontractor for three projects: University <br> Center (University Project), LaCrosse Street Apartments (LaCrosse Project), and <br> Toyota of the Black Hills (Toyota Project). BHE and RCS executed virtually <br> identical subcontract agreements for the projects. All three subcontracts were the <br> subject of this lawsuit, but only issues relating to the LaCrosse and Toyota... More...
$0 (03-14-2016 - SD)GRANITE BUICK v. RAY
Adam Ray began his employment with Granite Buick in 2005. At the <br> time, Granite Buick was known as McKie Buick GMC Pontiac, Inc., and it was part <br> of the “McKie Automotive Group” (McKie Group) that included McKie Ford <br> (formerly McKie Ford Lincoln Mercury, Inc.). Therefore, Ray worked for both <br> Granite Buick and McKie Ford until the McKie Group split in 2012, at which time <b... More...
$0 (12-11-2015 - SD)CASPER LODGING v. AKERS
On October 15, 2003, Robert Akers agreed to sell to James Koehler a <br> “turn key Eighty-Four (84) unit Holiday Inn Express” in Casper, Wyoming. The <br> purchase price was set at $4,850,400. The hotel was not yet built; therefore, the <br> parties executed a contract entitled “Improvement Purchase Agreement” <br> (Agreement). The Agreement “set forth the terms and conditions under w... More...
$0 (10-29-2015 - SD)HOFER v. REDSTONE FEEDERS
Donny Hofer (Hofer) filed a workers’ compensation action against Redstone Feeders, L.L.C. (Redstone). The parties exchanged discovery and Redstone filed a motion for summary judgment. Finding no disputes of material fact, the circuit court granted the motion. The circuit court held that Hofer was a farm or agricultural laborer under SDCL 62-3-15(2), and thus exempt from workers’ compensatio... More...
$0 (10-02-2015 - SD)OLESON v. YOUNG
Oleson agreed to plead guilty to first-degree rape in exchange for the <br> dismissal of the remaining charges and the part II information. The court <br> canvassed Oleson at the change-of-plea hearing individually as to his statutory and <br> constitutional rights. Notably, and for purposes of this appeal, the court did not <br> canvass Oleson as to his right against self-incrimination; nor did... More...
$0 (08-29-2015 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. ALFREDO L. VARGAS
A jury found Defendant guilty of attempted fetal homicide. During the <br> trial, the jury heard from Lisa Komes. Komes testified that she learned that she <br> was pregnant with Defendant’s child in February of 2010. She told Defendant <br> about her pregnancy, and he indicated that he wanted her to obtain an abortion. <br> Komes did not want to be pregnant at that time, but she did not wan... More...
$0 (08-20-2015 - SD)Jason Petrik v. JJ Concrete, Inc. and EMC Insurance Company
[¶1.] Jason Petrik (Employee) was injured when he ran from a co-worker on the job site after tricking that co-worker out of an air-conditioned truck. JJ Concrete, Inc. (Employer) and EMC Insurance Company (Insurer) denied workers' compensation benefits to Employee because Employee's act was horseplay and, therefore, the injury did not "arise out of†or "in the course of†his employmen... More...
$0 (06-03-2015 - SD)Patrick Nickles v. Kacie Jo Marta Nickles
[¶1.] Patrick and Kacie Nickles divorced. Patrick appeals the circuit court's decisions on child custody, child support, rehabilitative alimony, property division, and attorney's fees. We affirm the circuit court's decision on child custody. On all other issues, we reverse and remand for the entry of findings sufficient to permit appellate review.<br> Facts and Procedural History<br> [¶2.] Kacie... More...
$0 (06-03-2015 - SD)United States Department of Labor v. Jan Charles Gray
Piere, SD - The United States Attorney's Office (USAO) and the United States Department of Labor (DOL) recently secured a consent judgment of over $8,000.00 and a permanent injunction in South Dakota District Court, ordering Jan Charles Gray and his businesses in Custer, South Dakota, to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and to pay back wages and overtime pay owed to former employees... More...
$0 (04-17-2015 - SD)Rudolf Milbrandt v. Bibb's, Inc.
[¶1.] Milbrandt was injured in an automobile accident during his course of employment for Bibbs, Inc. (Employer). Milbrandt settled a claim against the other driver involved in the accident. Milbrandt used part of the settlement proceeds to repay workers' compensation benefits already paid by Employer. The remaining amount of his settlement, after costs, was determined to be "like damages†... More...
$0 (04-01-2015 - SD)Aaron Terveen v. South Dakota Department of Transportation
[¶1.] Aaron Terveen was on a business trip from Belle Fourche to Yankton, South Dakota. On the return trip, Terveen was injured in a car accident outside Belle Fourche while driving on a dead-end road just off the highway. Terveen applied for workers' compensation benefits. The Department of Labor granted Terveen's claim, but the circuit court reversed. We affirm.<br> Facts and Procedural History... More...
$0 (03-04-2015 - SD)Nick J. Lowe v. City of Hot Springs
[¶1.] The City of Hot Springs (the City) requested proposals from private entities interested in using real property that belonged to the City. Pete Lien & Sons, Inc. (Lien) and Croell Redi-Mix (Croell) both submitted proposals to lease the property on various terms and conditions. Lien's proposal was accepted, and a final agreement was negotiated. Croell subsequently sued to require the City to ... More...
$0 (01-28-2015 - SD)United States of America v. Scott Kaubisch
Rapid City, SD - A Sturgis. South Dakota, couple were sentenced on January 29, 2015, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.<br> <br> Scott Kaubisch, age 51, convicted of False Swearing in Immigration Matter, was sentenced to 14 months in custody, 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. <br> <br> Shiela Kaubis... More...
$0 (02-12-2015 - SD)United States of America v. Miguel Aguilar
Rapid City, SD - A Brighton, Colorado, man convicted of Attempted Trafficking with Respect to Involuntary Servitude and Forced Labor was sentenced on January 8, 2015, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.<br> <br> Miguel Aguilar, age 20, was sentenced to 36 months of imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victi... More...
$0 (01-09-2015 - SD)Tim Lors v. Jim Dean
Tim Lors sued his employer, the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Technology (BIT), and various state employees (collectively, "defendants"), alleging retaliation in response to a prior discrimination suit that he filed against the same defendants. Lors's complaint asserted jurisdiction under various federal statutes, including Titles I and V of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (AD... More...
$0 (03-13-2014 - SD)Carmen Colette Schieffer v. Kevin Victor Schieffer
[¶1.] On July 12, 2011, the trial court granted Kevin Schieffer and Carmen Schieffer a divorce on grounds of irreconcilable differences. In its judgment and decree of divorce, the trial court denied Carmen's request to relocate to New York City with the minor children, granted Kevin and Carmen joint legal and physical custody of the minor children, implemented a custody schedule, ordered Kevin to... More...
$0 (01-23-2013 - SD)AFSCME Local 1025 v. Sioux Falls School District
[¶1.] AFSCME Local 1025 (Local 1025) and the Sioux Falls Education Assistants Association (SFEAA) filed grievances against the Sioux Falls School District (District). The unions alleged that the District violated the parties' labor agreements when the District provided 2.5% wage increases for the 2008-2009 school year. The issues on appeal are: whether the grievances were filed too late; and if n... More...
$0 (11-16-2011 - SD)Vera Martin v. American Colloid Company and American Insurance Company
[¶1.] Vera Martin lives in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, but worked at an American Colloid Company plant in Colony, Wyoming. After suffering a workrelated injury at the Colony plant, Martin received Wyoming workers' compensation benefits. She then filed a claim for South Dakota workers' compensation benefits. The South Dakota Department of Labor dismissed her claim for lack of jurisdiction, and th... More...
$0 (09-14-2011 - SD)David Thyen v. Hubbard Feeds, Inc.
[¶1.] In this workers' compensation appeal, we reverse and remand for a new hearing before the Department of Labor to consider the employee's claim that the employer intentionally destroyed relevant evidence that would have assisted the employee in establishing causation for his injuries.<br><br>Background<br><br>[¶2.] Claimant, David Thyen, has worked for Hubbard Feeds, Inc. since January 30, 2... More...
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