One of the most common issues that our law firm faces is a Client whose insurance claim was denied. Often, those cases are the ones that face the longest odds. How do you convince a large insurance company to suddenly change its mind and write a check? Sometimes a letter from a law firm catches their attention. Often, however, the insurer won’t budge until a judge or a jury tells...Continue Reading
Police investigated a trio of roommates after a neighbor suspected they were using drugs in their apartment. The rookie cop in charge slowly plodded through the investigation while the roommates are “detained” for questioning for several hours.Continue Reading
Can you fire yourself and still collect unemployment benefits? That was the question at the core of a recent decision issued by the South Dakota Supreme Court. The answer: “it depends.” The case is entitled Michael Manuel v. Toner Plus, Inc., and South Dakota Department of Labor, Unemployment Division, (2012 S.D. 47).Continue Reading
Beware: the guest speaker in your pulpit might be a con artist. That’s a warning that the victim in this week’s case might have appreciated. Instead, he was swindled out of $472,000.Continue Reading
[This column is the second in a two-part series.] Earlier this year, the South Dakota Supreme Court heard an appeal involving a proposal to disband a Hutterite colony near Aberdeen. Last week’s column (Part One) traced the history of the Hutterite tradition from the 1500’s. Its followers encountered persecution from the beginning and initially sought refuge in Moravia, which is part of the modern-day Czech Republic. Moravia’s openness and religious...Continue Reading
