Opinions

Carlson, et al. v. GMR Transportation, Inc. 2015 ND 121
Docket No.: 20140319
Filing Date: 5/27/2015
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Personal Injury
Author: VandeWalle, Gerald

Highlight: In a tort action to recover damages for a work-related injury, the employer has the burden of establishing by a preponderance of the evidence the defense that the employer is immune from suit under the workers' compensation act.
Issues of fact may become issues of law for the court if reasonable persons could reach only one conclusion from the facts.

Riak v. State 2015 ND 120
Docket No.: 20140128
Filing Date: 5/27/2015
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: VandeWalle, Gerald

Highlight: Motions for reconsideration of a judgment or order may be treated as motions to alter or amend a judgment or as motions for relief from a judgment or order.
Denial of a motion for reconsideration will not be reversed on appeal absent a manifest abuse of discretion.

State v. Matthews 2015 ND 119
Docket No.: 20140390
Filing Date: 5/27/2015
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Sexual Offense
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Criminal judgment is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3).

White, et al. v. T.P. Motel, L.L.C., et al. 2015 ND 118
Docket No.: 20140203
Filing Date: 5/27/2015
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Real Property
Author: Kapsner, Carol

Highlight: To intervene as a matter of right, a proposed intervenor must show (1) an interest relating to the subject matter of the litigation; (2) the interest may be impaired as a result of the litigation; and (3) the interest is not adequately protected by an existing party to the litigation.

Interest of Thorson 2015 ND 117
Docket No.: 20140443
Filing Date: 5/27/2015
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Individual
Author: McEvers, Lisa K. Fair

Highlight: Order civilly committing an person as a sexually dangerous individual is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

Maxon v. State (consolidated w/20140473) 2015 ND 116
Docket No.: 20140314
Filing Date: 5/27/2015
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Order denying post-conviction relief is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

State v. 1986 Collins Fifth Wheel Camper 2015 ND 115
Docket No.: 20140406
Filing Date: 5/27/2015
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Order granting forfeiture of property is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2) and (4).

Disciplinary Board v. Foster 2015 ND 114
Docket No.: 20150143
Filing Date: 5/8/2015
Case Type: Discipline - Attorney - Original Proceeding
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Interim suspension of lawyer ordered.

Disciplinary Board v. Fahrenholtz (consol w/ 20150081-20150082) 2015 ND 113
Docket No.: 20150080
Filing Date: 5/7/2015
Case Type: Discipline - Attorney - Original Proceeding
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Lawyer disbarred.

Adams v. Adams 2015 ND 112
Docket No.: 20140259
Filing Date: 5/4/2015
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Divorce - Property
Author: Sandstrom, Dale

Highlight: A district court's valuation of marital property within the range of the evidence presented is not clearly erroneous.
When a distribution of marital property includes periodic cash payments from one spouse to another, a district court has broad authority to provide for the payment of interest to achieve an equitable distribution of the property.