Opinions

Moore v. State 2011 ND 179
Docket No.: 20110052
Filing Date: 9/15/2011
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Order dismissing application for post-conviction relief is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(6).

State v. Jackson 2011 ND 178
Docket No.: 20110063
Filing Date: 9/15/2011
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - DUI/DUS/APC
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Criminal judgment entered after a jury found the defendant guilty of driving while license suspended is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4) and (7).

State v. Johnson 2011 ND 177
Docket No.: 20110011
Filing Date: 9/15/2011
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Misc. Misdemeanor
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Criminal judgment entered after a jury found the defendant guilty of disobedience of a judicial order is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3).

Industrial Contractors, Inc. v. Workforce Safety & Insurance, et al. 2011 ND 176
Docket No.: 20110135
Filing Date: 9/15/2011
Case Type: Appeal - Administrative - Workers Compensation
Author:

Highlight: A district court judgment dismissing employer's appeal of a Workforce Safety & Insurance order is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7).

State v. Curtiss 2011 ND 175
Docket No.: 20110062
Filing Date: 9/15/2011
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Sexual Offense
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Conviction of gross sexual imposition summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4).

State v. Owens 2011 ND 174
Docket No.: 20110004
Filing Date: 9/15/2011
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Sexual Offense
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Criminal judgment for gross sexual imposition is affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3).

State ex rel. I.R.S. v. Landrus 2011 ND 173
Docket No.: 20110112
Filing Date: 9/15/2011
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Child Support
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: A district court order denying a motion to reconsider a default judgment is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4).

Saltsman v. Sharp, et al. 2011 ND 172
Docket No.: 20100404
Filing Date: 9/7/2011
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Personal Injury
Author: Kapsner, Carol

Highlight: A person is responsible for an injury occasioned to another by the person's want of ordinary care or skill in the management of the person's property or self.
Under premises liability law, landowners owe a duty to lawful entrants upon their land to maintain their property in a reasonably safe condition, so as not to damage others, and exercising caution and reasonable care under the circumstances.
It must be clear the defendant had control of the premises and an opportunity to observe any duty before the defendant owes a duty of care.
Separate duties to lawful entrants are no longer recognized, and separate duties of care owed to invitees or licensees are not considered.
Summary judgment is inappropriate if the district court must draw inferences and make findings on disputed facts to support summary judgment.

Leno v. K & L Homes 2011 ND 171
Docket No.: 20100347
Filing Date: 9/2/2011
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Contracts
Author: Kapsner, Carol

Highlight: North Dakota law provides an implied warranty of fitness for the purpose in construction contracts, which is based in contract law.
Fault and comparative fault do not apply to a breach of implied warranty cause of action based in contract law.

Wolt v. Wolt (Cross-reference w/20090103 & 20090126) 2011 ND 170
Docket No.: 20100294
Filing Date: 8/26/2011
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Child Support
Author: VandeWalle, Gerald

Highlight: The district court's authority to modify an award of primary residential responsibility within two years of the original decision is limited under N.D.C.C. 14-09-06.6.
The party moving for a change of primary residential responsibility has the burden to establish a prima facie case to obtain an evidentiary hearing on the motion. A prima facie case is a bare minimum and requires facts which, if proved at an evidentiary hearing, would support a change of custody that could be affirmed if appealed.
A district court retains continuing jurisdiction to address post-judgment issues about parenting time, and the limitations in N.D.C.C. 14-09-06.6 for post-judgment modifications of primary residential responsibility do not apply to parenting time modifications under N.D.C.C. 14-05-22.
Under N.D.R.Ct. 3.2, a district court must grant a party's request for oral argument, if the party has timely served and filed a brief and requests oral argument.
Section 28-26-01(2), N.D.C.C., authorizes an award of attorney's fees if a claim for relief is frivolous and there is such a complete absence of actual facts or law that a reasonable person could not have thought a court would render judgment in that person's favor.