Coeur d'Alene, Idaho insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.

Idaho Code § 41-1329(14) provides that an insurer will be deemed to be committing an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance if it, among other acts, fails “to promptly provide a reasonable explanati... More...    $1 (03-26-2024 - ID)

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining and misusing a $338,958 Paycheck Protection Program loan that the Small Business Administration (SBA) guaranteed under the Coronavirus Relief Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Khadijah X. Chapman, 59, of Atlanta, worked with co-conspirators to falsify financial information and submit... More...    $0 (11-16-2023 - ID)

In his second appeal in this post-conviction case, Christopher Conley Tapp challenges the district court's summary dismissal of his claim that his defense counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to present evidence of his diminished mental capacity in support of his trial motion to suppress his confession as involuntary. Tapp contends that because this Court, in his prior post-convictio... More...    $0 (11-21-2013 - ID)

Early in the morning of June 13, 1996, Angie Dodge was raped and stabbed to death in her apartment in Idaho Falls. On January 7, 1997, twenty-year-old Christopher Tapp voluntarily submitted to police questioning about this crime at the Law Enforcement Building (LEB) in Idaho Falls. Tapp again voluntarily went to the LEB for questioning on January 10. After this interview, Tapp's parents retained p... More...    $0 (03-31-2010 - ID)

Boise, Idaho criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and falsification of records.

Nicholas Jones, age 36, from Boise, was a small business owner who applied for and received $753,600 in COVID-19 relief funds, primarily from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Despite certifying that the funds would only be ... More...    $194564 (10-19-2022 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - Blackfoot Man Sentenced to 105 Months in Prison for Sage Hill Casino Robbery

Dillon McCandless, 28, of Blackfoot, was sentenced on August 31, 2018 to 105 months in prison for the July 2017 robbery of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Sage Hill Casino, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered that McCandless serve five years ... More...    $0 (09-11-2018 - ID)

Missoula, MT - Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Concealing Assets During His Bankruptcy

Randall Alan Franz, a 59-year-old resident of Sandpoint, Idaho, was sentenced on Thursday to 8 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $205,084.79 in restitution after pleading guilty to concealing assets in bankruptcy. Chief U.S. District Judge Dana Christ... More...    $0 (08-20-2018 - ID)

Smalley was employed at an assisted living facility and worked alone as the overnight caregiver. The victim, F.B., was a 102-year-old patient at the facility who had arthritis, wore
hearing aids, and spoke with a low voice. Her hands were deformed from the arthritis, she could only eat with a large-handled spoon, and she had difficulty swallowing. F.B. could not walk, sit up, stand, dress ... More...    $0 (05-13-2018 - ID)

Boise, ID - Serial Armed Robber Pleads Guilty to Six Robberies

Camron D. Brown, 21, of Mountain Home, Idaho, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to six counts of interference with commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act) and one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A Boise federal grand jury indicted Brown on May 9, 2017.
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Investigative journalism has long been a fixture in the American press, particularly with regard to food safety.1 In the early 1900s, Upton Sinclair highlighted conditions in the meat-packing industry in The Jungle, a novel based on his time working incognito in a packing plant.2 This case also originates in the agricultural sector�a secretly-filmed expos� of the operation of an Idaho dairy fa... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - ID)

This is an appeal from the district court’s order granting summary judgment and dismissing Geralyn Gallagher’s (Gallagher) lawsuit against the Best Western Cottontree Inn (the Hotel) and Snake River Peterson Properties LLC (Snake River). The district court held that the amended complaint did not relate back to the date of the original filing and that the statute of limitations was not tolled by Sn... More...    $0 (01-19-2017 - ID)

EISMANN, Justice.
This is an appeal out of Shoshone County from a judgment: (a) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to grant the Plaintiffs a right of first refusal with respect to a parcel of real property they were leasing, (b) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to purchase the Plaintiffs’ buildings that were located on that property, and (c) finding that the Plaintiffs were... More...    $0 (02-24-2017 - ID)

COEUR D’ALENE, ID - Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud

Cortney S. Valentine, 39, of Liberty, Utah, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and false declaration under penalty of perjury and concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy case.

According to the plea agreement, Valentine defrauded U.S. Bank when he made material false statements which were relied ... More...    $0 (11-02-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Boston Mafia Associate Sentenced for Idaho Gun Charge

Enrico M. Ponzo, a/k/a Jay Shaw, a longtime fugitive from Boston, Massachusetts, who posed as a rancher while living on the run in Marsing, Idaho, was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. Distr... More...    $0 (04-11-2016 - ID)

While working on an undercover sting operation in a local bar, two officers, Detective Hight and Officer Mattingley, made video-recorded arrangements to purchase psilocybin mushrooms from Shawn Kendle. Kendle indicated to the officers that he had a source for the mushrooms and that his source was in the bar. Kendle then approached Smith and spoke with her for several minutes. Smith exited the b... More...    $0 (02-02-2016 - ID)

At 11:30 p.m., Ponderay City Police Officer Brian Koch stopped Hays for exceeding the speed limit. Upon making contact, Officer Koch noticed that Hays appeared to be very nervous. He asked her questions about her nervousness and destination. Hays provided Officer Koch with her driver’s license and registration, but she did not have proof of valid insurance. Officer Koch informed Hays that alth... More...    $0 (10-15-2015 - ID)

On September 17, 2011, Martin Hayes (Hayes)1 was seriously injured after stumbling on uneven ground hidden by grass while attending his grandson’s Pop Warner football game at the Plummer School Park (Park), which is owned by the City of Plummer (City). Hayes did not pay any fee or admission to enter the Park.2 Hayes filed a premises liability claim against the City for his injuries.3 In turn, the ... More...    $0 (10-05-2015 - ID)

Kerry Allen Howell appeals from his judgment of conviction for burglary, entered upon his conditional guilty plea. Specifically, Howell argues that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress because he was illegally seized. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. At 7:00 a.m., two officers were dispatched to a residential cul-de-sac to investigate an anonymous report of two ... More...    $0 (09-16-2015 - ID)

The underlying case arose out of the claims of several men who joined Boy Scout troops when they were children and were allegedly sexually abused by their scout leaders. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church) sponsored some of the troops at issue in this case. On June 24, 2013, Does I–IV1 filed a complaint—which was later amended—against Boy Scouts of America and the LDS Chur... More...    $0 (08-29-2015 - ID)

This case arises from the failed Black Rock North Development project undertaken by BRN in Coeur d’Alene. BRN was formed by Marshall Chesrown, who served as CEO, to develop a high-end 325-unit residential and golf course community on the west side of Lake Coeur d’Alene. The project was known as Black Rock North. American Bank was the lender for this project. The project required that BRN obtain ... More...    $0 (08-20-2015 - ID)

The City maintains a drinking water distribution system. In December of 2011, the City commissioned the services of Riedesel Engineering to determine the present and future adequacy of the system with respect to laws and standards of the local fire authority, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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Riedesel Engineerin... More...    $0 (08-20-2015 - ID)

On November 14, 2002, the grand jury sitting in Ada County indicted Abdullah on one count of murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 to -4003; one count of arson in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code section 18-802; three counts of attempted murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 and 18-306; and one count of injury to a child, a felony, Idah... More...    $0 (08-12-2015 - ID)

On August 2, 2012, Kenny Carl Struhs was invited to the home of a friend for a barbecue in Blackfoot. Struhs had five or six beers before arriving at the barbecue and had five to seven more once there. Later, Struhs was involved in a confrontation and left in his vehicle. He entered an intersection without observing a stop sign and collided with a motorcycle driven by Brent Hansen, with Brent’s si... More...    $0 (08-03-2015 - Id)

As this appeal hinges on the regulation of Indian gaming, we begin with a brief introduction to the IGRA. Congress passed the IGRA in 1988 “in order to provide a statutory basis for the operation and regulation of gaming by Indian tribes.” Seminole Tribe of Fla. v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44, 48 (1996). “The Act divides gaming on Indian lands into three classes—I, II, and III—and provides a different... More...    $0 (07-25-2015 - ID)

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe (“Tribe”) appeals the
preliminary injunction prohibiting the Tribe from offering
Texas Hold’em (“Hold’em”) poker. The Tribe argues that
tribal sovereign immunity was not abrogated and that venue
was improper under the terms of the Tribal-State Gaming
Compact (“Compact”). We affirm because the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”) severed tribal immun... More...    $0 (07-22-2015 - ID)

MISSOULA, MT – A federal judge sentenced Steven Vincent Sann, 61, of Stevensville, Montana, to two years in prison and one year of supervised release for orchestrating a nationwide scheme involving extra charges listed on land-line telephone bills. Sann was also ordered to forfeit $500,000, which he obtained from the scheme then transferred to his personal investment accounts. The sentencing fol... More...    $0 (07-17-2015 - ID)

COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Brian James Lindsey, 25, of Spokane Valley, Washington, pleaded guilty on July 20, 2015, to 13 counts of interference with commerce by robbery, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Lindsey was indicted by federal grand juries in four states between January and April of 2015.

According to the plea agreement, Lindsey admitted that in October of 2014, he began a robbe... More...    $0 (07-20-2015 - ID)

Kristi Hurles pleaded guilty to grand theft for embezzling from her employer, was sentenced to fourteen years with two years fixed, and was ordered to pay $204,174.61 in restitution. Hurles appealed, challenging the restitution order in a number of respects. The Court of Appeals initially considered the appeal, reversing the restitution order in part, affirming in part, and remanding the case to t... More...    $0 (05-21-2015 - Id)

The appellant, Blaine County School District #61 (School), appeals from a jury verdict and post-trial orders favoring the respondents, Dennis and Maryann Hennefer, the parents of Austin Hennefer, who died in a T-bone type automobile accident while performing a three-point turnabout at the instruction of Jeffrey Mecham, a School driver training instructor. The jury returned a special verdict, findi... More...    $0 (03-30-2015 - ID)

HJ Grathol (“Grathol�) appeals the Kootenai County district court’s judgment awarding Grathol $675,000 in just compensation from the Idaho Transportation Department (“ITD�). This eminent domain case arose when ITD acted to condemn 16.314 acres to improve U.S. Highway 95 (“U.S. 95�). Those 16.314 acres were part of 56.8 acres that Grathol owned in Athol, Idaho.
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After a bench... More...    $0 (02-11-2015 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Bonner County from a judgment awarding damages for common law trespass and attorney fees for statutory trespass. We affirm the judgment except for $1,000 of the damages awarded and remand for the entry of an amended judgment.
I.
Factual Background.
Duane Mueller and his wife owned a 20-acre parcel of rural real property (Mueller Parcel) in Bonner County. They l... More...    $0 (02-26-2015 - ID)

This case arose after LuAnn Shubert fell and injured her lower back while working at a Macy’s store. Shubert appeals the Idaho Industrial Commission’s order holding that she was (1) medically stable on November 21, 2007; (2) not entitled to medical benefits beyond that date; (3) not entitled to temporary disability benefits; (4) entitled to a permanent partial impairment rating of 5% of the wh... More...    $0 (02-27-2015 - ID)

This appeal arose from an arbitration decision regarding Peggy Cedillo’s underinsured motorist insurance policy with Farmers Insurance Company of Idaho (“Farmersâ€�) and damages for injuries she suffered in a motorcycle accident. After the arbitrator issued his final award, Farmers provided the arbitrator evidence that Farmers had already paid Cedillo the total amount of remaining damages. The... More...    $0 (03-03-2015 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Ada County from an order granting respondent a new trial. We reverse the order of the district court and remand this case for entry of a judgment that is consistent with the jury verdict.
I.
Factual Background.
On June 28, 2007, Mosell Equities issued a check to Berryhill & Co. in the sum of $50,000. The word “loanâ€� was written on the memo line of the check... More...    $0 (01-26-2015 - ID)

Su Warren sought worker’s compensation benefits from her employer, Williams & Parsons, PC, CPAS (Williams & Parsons), and Idaho State Insurance Fund (ISIF), for injuries received on January 23, 2007, during the course of her employment. The Idaho Industrial Commission (the Commission) concluded that Warren had a permanent partial impairment (PPI) of five percent of the whole person and was entit... More...    $0 (11-06-2014 - ID)

Both Idaho and Nevada have passed statutes and enacted constitutional
amendments preventing same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to recognize
same-sex marriages validly performed elsewhere.2 Plaintiffs, same-sex couples
1A disposition in Jackson v. Abercrombie, Nos. 12-16995 & 12-16998, is
forthcoming separately.
2Idaho Const. Art. III, § 28 (“A marriage between a man... More...    $0 (10-07-2014 - ID)

COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Paul Lee Oatman, 33 of Kamiah, Idaho, was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Oatman to pay $25,719 in restitution and serve 100 hours of community service. He was found guilty by a jury on June 26... More...    $0 (09-15-2014 - ID)