Riemers v. State

20070307 Roland C. Riemers, Plaintiff and Appellant
and
Johnathan P. Riemers, Plaintiff
v.
State of North Dakota,
Douglas Herman, Gerald W.
VandeWalle, Carol Ronning
Kapsner, Mary Muehlen Maring,
and Dale V. Sandstrom, Defendants and Appellees

Appeal from: District Court, Northeast Central Judicial District, Grand Forks County
Judge Debbie Gordon Kleven
Nature of Action: Torts (Negligence, Liab., Nuis.)
Counsel:
Appellant: Pro se
Appellee: Douglas Alan Bahr , Att. General Office
Term: 03/2008   Argument: 03/27/2008  01:30pm
ND cite: 2008 ND 118
NW cite: 756 N.W.2d 344

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Issues: Appellant's Statement of the Issues:
I. Did the district court err by including non-attorney fees in an award of attorney fees?
II. Did the district court err by awarding attorney fees to the Attorney General?
III.Did the district court err by not following N.D.R.Civ.P. Rule 54(e) by not requiring a motion before having a hearing?
IV. Did the district court err by not requiring the State to support its Affidavit with testimony and by not allowing Riemers to cross examine State witnesses?
V. Did the district court err by not requiring the State to show that it not only billed Risk Management for services, but that Risk Management really paid for these services?
VI. Did the district court and this Court err by ignoring the American Rule and thus attorney fees should never have been awarded to begin with?

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Docket entries:
110/18/2007 NOTICE OF APPEAL: 10/17/2007
210/18/2007 ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION: VandeWalle, Gerald W.
310/18/2007 ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION: Maring, Mary Muehlen
410/18/2007 ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION: Sandstrom, Dale V.
510/18/2007 ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION: Crothers, Daniel John
610/18/2007 ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION: Kapsner, Carol Ronning
711/13/2007 RECORD ON APPEAL (Not rec'd - no. 41 (steno notes))
811/21/2007 MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF
911/21/2007 E-FILED MOTION (MAT)
1011/26/2007 ACTION BY CLERK (MAT). Granted: 01/03/2008
1101/03/2008 APPELLANT BRIEF
1201/03/2008 APPELLANT APPENDIX
1301/03/2008 DISK - atb (e-mailed)
1401/04/2008 Affidavit of Service by Mail of the ATB
1501/22/2008 APPELLEE BRIEF
1601/22/2008 Addendum to AEB
1701/22/2008 DISK of aeb (e-mailed)
1801/25/2008 SITTING WITH THE COURT: Schmalenberger, Allan L.
1901/25/2008 SITTING WITH THE COURT: Holte, Robert W.
2001/28/2008 SITTING WITH THE COURT: Riskedahl, Burt L.
2101/28/2008 SITTING WITH THE COURT: Goodman, Ronald E.
2201/29/2008 SITTING WITH THE COURT: Hagar, Richard L.
2303/27/2008 APPEARANCES: Roland C. Riemers; Douglas A. Bahr
2403/27/2008 ARGUED: Riemers; Bahr
2503/27/3008 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
2606/26/2008 DISPOSITION: AFFIRMED BY SUMMARY DISP.
2706/26/2008 UNANIMOUS OPINION: Per Curiam
2806/26/2008 Costs on appeal taxed in favor of Appellees
2907/01/2008 Judgment E-Mailed to Parties
3007/18/2008 MANDATE
3107/24/2008 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE

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