North Dakota Supreme Court, 2010

80 opinions

In the Matter of the JUDICIAL VACANCY IN DISTRICT JUDGESHIP NO. 1, with Chambers in Williston, North Dakota, Northwest Judicial District 2010-01-06
In the Matter of James K. HANENBERG Cass County States Attorney, Plaintiff and Appellee v. James K. Hanenberg, Defendant and Appellant 2010-01-12
In the Matter of the Application for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Bonnie J. ASKEW, A Member of the Bar of the State of North Dakota Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota, Petitioner v. Bonnie J. Askew, Respondent 2010-01-12
Timothy C. LAMB, Petitioner and Appellant v. STATE BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS, State of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee 2010-01-12
Interest of B.B., a child. Haley L. Wamstad, Grand Forks County Assistant States Attorney, Petitioner and Appellee v. B.B. (child), Respondent and B.J.F. (mother) and S.L.B. (father), Respondents and Appellants 2010-01-12
Angie HEINLE, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Travis HEINLE, Defendant and Appellant 2010-01-12
Katherine EDWARDS, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Robert EDWARDS, Defendant and Appellee 2010-01-12
James L. HOROB, Plaintiff and Appellant v. FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF NORTH DAKOTA ACA, and its subsidiaries, Defendant and Appellee 2010-01-12
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Jennifer Jean Sandvig THOMPSON, Defendant and Appellant 2010-01-12
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Randy Scott JENSEN, Defendant and Appellant 2010-01-12
In the Matter of the Reciprocal Discipline of Richard D. VARRIANO, a Member of the Bar of the State of North Dakota 2010-01-14
Richard J. SHOTBOLT, Claimant and Appellant v. NORTH DAKOTA WORKFORCE SAFETY AND INSURANCE, Appellee and Industrial Contractors, Inc., Respondent 2010-01-15
Donald CARTIER and Kimberly Cartier, Plaintiffs and Appellants v. NORTHWESTERN ELECTRIC, INC., Defendant and Appellee 2010-01-25
Brandi C. HALBERG, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Daniel J. HALBERG, Defendant and Appellee 2010-01-26
William F. RAKOWSKI, Petitioner and Appellant v. CITY OF FARGO, a political subdivision of the State of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee 2010-01-26
Erik R. ISAACSON, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Traci L. ISAACSON, Defendant and Appellee 2010-01-26
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Antonio Phillip STRIDIRON, Defendant and Appellant; State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Bradley A. Davis, Defendant and Appellant 2010-01-26
CITY OF BISMARCK, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Launi Mae BULLINGER, Defendant and Appellant 2010-01-26
In the Matter of Raymond J. VOISINE. State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Raymond J. Voisine, Defendant and Appellant 2010-01-26
In the Matter of the JUDICIAL VACANCY IN DISTRICT JUDGESHIP NO. 6, with Chambers in Fargo, North Dakota, East Central Judicial District 2010-02-17
GRINNELL MUTUAL REINSURANCE COMPANY, an Iowa Insurance Company, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Norman C. THOMPSON, Shelly M. Thompson, Foltz Trucking, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation, FBF Leasing, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation, Gary Johnson, Minnesota resident, and Continental Western Insurance Company, an Iowa Insurance Company, Defendants Foltz Trucking, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation, FBF Leasing, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation, and Continental Western Insurance Company, an Iowa Insurance Company, Defendants and Appellees 2010-02-17
Dion J. SCHOCH, Claimant and Appellant v. NORTH DAKOTA WORKFORCE SAFETY AND INSURANCE, Appellee and Funshine Express Inc., Respondent 2010-02-17
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Joel A. BYZEWSKI, Defendant and Appellant 2010-02-17
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Elijah ADDAI, Defendant and Appellant 2010-02-17
Melissa FLECK, n/k/a Melissa Regan, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Troy A. FLECK, Defendant and Appellee 2010-02-17
In the Matter of the Petition of Lance BERGER on Behalf of Minor Child, K.C.F., for Change of Name. Lance J. Berger, Petitioner and Appellant v. Amber Myhre, Respondent and Appellee 2010-02-17
Joe M. DUFNER, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Kerry A. TROTTIER, f/k/a Kerry A. Dufner, Defendant and Appellant 2010-02-17
In the Interest of H.K., a Child. Bradley Cruff, Barnes County States Attorney, Petitioner and Appellee v. H.K., child, D.K., mother, and W.K., father, Respondents and Appellants 2010-02-17
Kathy NELSON, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Carol JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant 2010-02-17
Kathy WOLT, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Steve WOLT, Defendant and Appellant 2010-02-17
Anthony L. DAVIS, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Wade G. ENGET, Defendant and Appellee and Tom P. Slorby, Defendant 2010-02-22
Kathy WOLT, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Steve WOLT, Defendant and Appellant 2010-02-22
Donald HAGEROTT and Mark Hagerott, Appellants v. MORTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Appellee 2010-02-22
Jill PARISIEN, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Ronald PARISIEN, Defendant and Appellant 2010-03-05
Gregory VAN BEEK, Barbara Van Beek, and Ellef Severson, Jr., Plaintiffs and Appellees v. Larry UMBER, Jr., and Julie Umber, Defendants and Appellants 2010-03-16
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Ballam Hezeakiah DUDLEY, Defendant and Appellant 2010-03-16
Marlys ZIMMERMAN, Claimant and Appellant v. NORTH DAKOTA WORKFORCE SAFETY AND INSURANCE FUND, Appellee and Baptist Home, Inc., Respondent 2010-03-16
Ines M. DUNN, Plaintiff and Appellant v. NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant and Appellee 2010-03-16
In the Interest of K.J., a child. In the Interest of D.J., a child. In the Interest of L.J., a child. Pam Sand, L.S.W., Petitioner and Appellee v. R.J., Mother, Respondent and Appellant. Director, Cass County Social Services; K.J., a child, D.J., a child; L.J., a child; John Doe and R.G., fathers; and Kathy Kassenborg, Lay Guardian ad Litem, Respondents 2010-03-16
Karen E. HARRIS and M.P.H., Petitioners and Appellees v. David L. HARRIS, Respondent and Appellant 2010-03-16
STATE of North Dakota, by NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, for the benefit of Fair Housing of the Dakotas, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Roland RIEMERS, Defendant and Appellant and Affordable Apartments, LLC, Defendant 2010-03-16
Mark Alexander McALLISTER, Plaintiff, Appellee and Cross-Appellant v. Robin Marie McALLISTER, Defendant, Appellant and Cross-Appellee and Michael J. Tharaldson, Defendant 2010-03-16
Reginald TWEED, Petitioner and Appellant v. STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee 2010-03-16
Randy WESTBY, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Gary J. SCHMIDT and Schmidt Construction of Stanley, Inc., Defendants and Appellants 2010-03-16
HOME OF ECONOMY, a North Dakota Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD, a National Railroad Corporation, Defendant and Appellee 2010-03-19
GREAT WESTERN BANK, Plaintiff and Appellant v. WILLMAR POULTRY COMPANY, Defendant and Appellee 2010-03-23
Shirley MERTZ, Plaintiff and Appellant v. 999 QUEBEC, INC. (f/k/a International Boiler Works Company), a Delaware corporation; A.H. Bennett Company, a Minnesota corporation; A.O. Smith Corporation, a Delaware corporation; A.W. Chesterton Company, a Massachusetts corporation; Airco, Inc., a Delaware corporation; American Standard, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Anchor Packing Company, a Delaware corporation; Apollo Piping & Supply, an Illinois corporation; Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., a Canadian corporation; Atlas Turner, Inc., a Canadian corporation; Australian Blue Asbestos, Pty., an Australian corporation; Bell & Gossett, a foreign corporation; Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., a Canadian corporation; Bryan Steam Corporation, an Indiana corporation; Building Sprinkler Company, Inc., a North Dakota corporation; Burnham Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation; CBS Corporation (f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corporation), a Pennsylvania corporation; Carborundum Abrasives Company, a Delaware corporation; Carborundum Company, a Delaware corporation; Certain-Teed Corporation, a Maryland corporation; Chicago-Wilcox Manufacturing Company, an Illinois corporation; Chromalox (a division of Emerson Electric Co.), a Missouri corporation; Cleaver-Brooks, Division of Aqua-Chem, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Crane Company, a Delaware corporation; Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., a New York corporation (individually and as successor-in-interest to Mundet Cork Corporation); CSR, Ltd. a/k/a Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Ltd., an Australian corporation, individually and as an alterego of Australian Blue Asbestos, Pty.; Dakota Welding Supply, a foreign corporation; Deltak, L.L.C., a Unit of Jason, Inc., a Minnesota corporation; Detroit Stoker, a Michigan corporation; Draxton Sales, a Minnesota corporation; Durabla Manufacturing Company, a Pennsylvania corporation; E.J. Lavino and Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; F.R.P. Products, Ltd., a foreign corporation; F & C Supply, Inc., a North Dakota corporation; Fargo-Moorhead Insulation Company, a North Dakota corporation; Firebrick Supply Co., a Minnesota corporation; Foster Products Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (as successor-in-interest to Foster Products Division of H.B. Fuller Company and to the Benjamin Foster Division of AmChem Products, Inc.); Foster Wheeler Corporation, a New York corporation; Garlock, Inc., an Ohio corporation; General Electric Company, a foreign business corporation organized under the laws of New York; Georgia-Pacific Corp., a Georgia corporation; Goodrich Corporation, a New York corporation, (f/k/a B.F. Goodrich Company); Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation; Goulds Pumps, Inc., a New York corporation; Greene, Tweed & Co., a Pennsylvania corporation; Guard-Line, Inc., a Texas corporation; H.B. Fuller. Co., a Minnesota corporation; H.H. Robertson Company, a Pennsylvania corporation; Henry Vogt Machine Company, a Kentucky corporation; Hercules Chemical Company, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; Hickory Insulation Co., a foreign corporation; Hobart Brothers Co., an Ohio corporation; Honeywell, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Hydrotherm, Inc., a California corporation; Inductotherm Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company, a New Jersey corporation; Insulation Services, Inc., a Louisiana corporation; International Vermiculite Co., an Illinois corporation; J.H. France Refractories Company, a Pennsylvania corporation; The Jamar Company, a Minnesota corporation (individually and as successor-in-interest and liability to the Walker Jamar Company, a former Minnesota corporation); John Crane, Inc., a Delaware corporation (successor-in-interest to John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. and Crane Packing Company); Johnston Boiler Co., a Michigan corporation; Kelsey-Hayes Group (a division of Varity Corporation), a Delaware corporation; Kewanee Boiler Corporation (n/k/a OakFabCo, Inc.), an Illinois corporation; Lincoln Electric Co., an Ohio corporation; Lochinvar, a Tennessee corporation; Mauritzon, Inc., a foreign corporation; McMaster Carr Supply Company, an Illinois corporation; Mellema Company, a Minnesota corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a foreign corporation; Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing, a Delaware corporation; Murray Iron Works Company, a foreign corporation; Northern Plumbing & Heating, Inc., a North Dakota corporation; Northern Plumbing Supply, Inc., a North Dakota corporation; Norton Company, a Delaware corporation, individually and as successor by merger with Carborundum Abrasives Company; Owens-Illinois, Inc., an Ohio corporation; The P.R. Sussman Company, an Ohio corporation, as successor to The Sussman Asbestos Company; Parker Boiler Co., a California corporation; Paul A. Douden, a Colorado corporation; Paul W. Abbott, a foreign corporation; The Peerless Heater Company, Division of Peerless Industries, Inc., a foreign corporation; Power Process Equipment, Inc., a Minnesota corporation; Praxair Distribution, Inc., a foreign corporation; Rapid-American Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Research Cottrell, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; Rheem Manufacturing Company, a Delaware corporation; Rhone-Poulenc, Inc., a New York corporation (as successor-in-interest to Benjamin Foster, a division of AmChem Products Company); Riley Stoker Corporation, a foreign business corporation organized under the laws of Mississippi; Rite-Hite Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation; Ruud Manufacturing Company, a foreign corporation; S.O.S. Products Company, Inc., a New York corporation; SEPCO Corporation, an Alabama corporation; Singer Safety Company, an Illinois corporation; Smith-Sharpe Company, a Minnesota corporation; Sprinkmann Sons Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation; Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Illinois, an Illinois corporation; Superior Boiler Works, Inc., a Kansas corporation; Sussman Electric Boilers, a New York corporation; The Trane Co., a New York corporation, (a division of American Standard, Inc.); Union Boiler Co., a Delaware corporation; Union Carbide Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Uniroyal, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; United Conveyor Corporation, an Illinois corporation; Victor H. Leeby Company, a North Dakota corporation; Walker Jamar Company, a Minnesota corporation; Water Applications & Systems Corporation, (f/k/a United States Filter Corporation), a foreign corporation; Weil McLain Company, a Delaware corporation; Whittier Filtration, Inc., (f/k/a U.S. Filter/Whittier, Inc.), a subsidiary of Water Applications & Systems Corporation, a foreign corporation; Zurn Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, Defendants A.H. Bennett Company, a Minnesota corporation; Crane Company, a Delaware corporation; A.O. Smith Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Bryan Steam Corporation, an Indiana corporation; Burnham Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation; Certain-Teed Corporation, a Maryland corporation; Chromalox (a division of Emerson Electric Co.), a Missouri corporation; Cleaver-Brooks, Division of Aqua-Chem, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Crane Company, a Delaware corporation; Detroit Stoker, a Michigan corporation; Foster Products Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (as successor-in-interest to Foster Products Division of H.B. Fuller Company and to Benjamin Foster Division of AmChem Products, Inc.); Foster Wheeler Corporation, a New York corporation; L.L.C.; Goulds Pumps, Inc., a New York corporation; Greene, Tweed & Co., a Pennsylvania corporation; Guard-Line, Inc., a Texas corporation; Inductotherm Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; Industrial Holdings Corporation, f/k/a The Carborundum Company; Ingersoll-Rand Company, a New Jersey corporation; ITT Corporation, f/k/a Bell & Gossett, a foreign corporation; Fargo-Moorhead Insulation Company, a North Dakota corporation; Goodrich Corporation, a New York corporation (f/k/a B.F. Goodrich Company); Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation; Kelsey-Hayes Group (a division of Varity Corporation), a Delaware corporation; Mauritzon, Inc., a foreign corporation; McMaster Carr Supply Company, an Illinois corporation; The Peerless Heater Company, Division of Peerless Industries, Inc., a foreign corporation; Riley Stoker Corporation, a foreign business corporation organized under the laws of Mississippi; Rite-Hite Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation; Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc. (f/k/a Norton Company, a Delaware corporation, individually and as successor by merger with Carborundum Abrasives Company); Singer Safety Company, an Illinois corporation; Smith-Sharpe Company, a Minnesota corporation; S.O.S. Products Company, Inc., a New York corporation; Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Illinois, an Illinois corporation; Superior Boiler Works, Inc., a Kansas corporation; Sussman Electric Boilers, a New York corporation; The Trane Co., a New York corporation, (a division of American Standard, Inc.); Union Carbide Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Uniroyal, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; United Conveyor Corporation, an Illinois corporation; and Weil-McLain Company, a Delaware corporation; Defendants and Appellees 2010-03-24
Christian Robert WOLFER, Plaintiff and Appellant v. NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant and Appellee 2010-04-06
Rachel SEILER, Appellant v. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Appellee 2010-04-06
RRMC CONSTRUCTION, INC., d/b/a Miller Construction, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Bill BARTH d/b/a Saturn of Bismarck Mandan and/or Bill Barth Ford, Inc., Defendant and Appellant 2010-04-06
Virgil LAIB, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Lisa LAIB, Defendant and Appellee 2010-04-06
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. M.B., Defendant and Appellant 2010-04-06
Charles ODOM, Petitioner and Appellant v. STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee 2010-04-06
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Jake A. FICKERT, Jr., Defendant and Appellant 2010-04-06
CITIZENS STATE BANK-MIDWEST, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Myron SYMINGTON, Defendant and Appellant and Rodney Lee Symington and Michael Corey Symington, as Trustees of the Myron Symington Irrevocable Trust, Defendant 2010-04-06
MORTON COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE BOARD as assignee for Jan Teske, Jan Teske, and K.T., minor child, by and through her guardian, Jan Teske, n/k/a Jan Thorson, Plaintiffs and Appellees v. Jeremiah CRAMER, Defendant and Appellant 2010-04-06
In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Mary Ann FISK, Deceased. North Dakota Department of Human Services, Petitioner and Appellant v. Royce S. Fisk as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Ann Fisk, deceased, Respondent and Appellee 2010-04-06
D. Luke DAVIS, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Pamela Gordon DAVIS, Defendant and Appellee 2010-04-06
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Eric Wayne LOH, Defendant and Appellant 2010-04-06
Eunice DAVIDSON, John Chaske, Oliver Gourd, Renita Delorme, Lavonne Alberts, Frank Blackcloud, Demus McDonald, Alex Yanton, Members, Committee for Understanding and Respect, Plaintiffs and Appellants v. STATE of North Dakota, by and through the NORTH DAKOTA STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Defendant and Appellee 2010-04-08
Jacqueline K. SCHMIDT and Randall R. Schmidt, Plaintiffs and Appellants v. GATEWAY COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP, a North Dakota corporation, and North Bismarck Associates II, a North Dakota general partnership, Defendants and Appellees 2010-04-08
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Shane Daniel GIETZEN, Defendant and Appellant 2010-05-11
Greta J. DUPAY f/k/a Greta J. Bertsch, n/k/a Greta J. Powell, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Matthew A. DUPAY, Defendant and Appellant 2010-05-11
Jeffrey L. SHEETS, Plaintiff and Appellant v. FARHART LAW FIRM, and Moody Farhart, personally, Defendants and Appellees 2010-05-11
Cameron ARNEGARD and Mary S. Arnegard, Plaintiffs and Appellants v. Richard CAYKO, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners, Frances Olson, McKenzie County Auditor, and McKenzie County, Defendants and Appellees 2010-05-11
Kenneth JACOB, Jr., Petitioner and Appellant v. STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee 2010-05-11
Jessica DELVO, Petitioner and Appellant v. STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee 2010-05-11
John S. ERICKSON and Lila C. Erickson, Plaintiffs and Appellants v. Catherine B. ERICKSON, individually, and in her capacity as personal representative of the Estate of Marshall Erickson, deceased, Defendant and Appellee 2010-05-11
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. George Anthony EBERTZ, Defendant and Appellant 2010-05-11
Allen PERIUS, Plaintiff and Appellant v. NODAK MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellee and Jacob Kessler, Defendant 2010-05-11
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Michael Chris MOE, Defendant and Appellant 2010-05-11
STATE of North Dakota, ex rel. Christene A. HARRIS in her capacity as Assistant Ward County States Attorney, Petitioner v. The Honorable Gary H. LEE, Judge of the District Court, Northwest Judicial District, and LeRoy A. Anderson, Jr., Respondents 2010-05-11
Roland C. RIEMERS, Petitioner v. Henry J. ESLINGER, Grand Forks Municipal Judge and City of Grand Forks, Respondents 2010-05-11
In the Interest of A.R., a Child. Bradley Cruff, Barnes Co. States Attorney, Petitioner and Appellee v. A.R., minor child, C.R., mother, and S.R., father, Respondents and Appellants 2010-05-11
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellant v. John Oliver SMITH, Defendant and Appellee 2010-05-11
Wayne STENEHJEM, Attorney General, ex rel., STATE of North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellant v. CROSSLANDS, INC., Respondent and Appellee 2010-05-13
Al SKOGEN, Mike Skogen, and Jason Bonde, Plaintiffs and Appellants v. HEMEN TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS, Defendant and Appellee v. Torin Swartout and Kevin Swartout, Intervenors and Appellees 2010-05-14
In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Oline LOOMER, Deceased. LeRoy L. Loomer, Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Oline Loomer, Deceased, Appellant v. Donald W. Loomer and Orville C. Loomer, Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Oline Loomer, Deceased, Appellees 2010-05-14
Priscilla SONNENBERG, n/k/a Priscilla Sauer, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Terry SONNENBERG, Defendant and Appellee 2010-05-17
Corey BOTNER, individually and as the father and natural guardian of D.B., a minor, Plaintiff and Appellant v. BISMARCK PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT, Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff and Appellee v. Child, Inc., d/b/a Early Childhood Learning Center, Third-Party Defendant 2010-05-18