1. Case name: Geringer v. Wildhorn Ranch, Inc., 706 F. Supp. 1442 - Dist. Court, D. Colorado 1988 2. Pincites: 3. Procedural History: This matter comes before the court on motions of defendants for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, for new trial pursuant to Rule 59 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and for amended judgment. We have considered defendants' motions collectively and individually and conclude that neither a new trial, judgment notwithstanding the verdict, nor amended judgment is warranted. The evidence supports the jury's verdict. 4. Facts: It was the time of August in 1986, when William Geringer with his family was on vacation at the Wildhorn Ranch Resort located in Teller County, Colorado. Due to some defective Paddleboating boat two of the family members (William Geringer and his minor son Jared Geringer) were drowned. Mr. Watters, a defendant, was formerly the owner of the resort, but he stated that he handed over the possession to Wildhorn Ranch Inc. “The other defendant, Les Bretzke, was a contractor with an autonomous company that endow with repair services and repair construction to the resort.” During the whole trial the main focus was on the maintainability issues of …show more content…
Rule: During the legal proceedings, it was established that it was a clear case of duty negligence and dereliction on references of the evidences. The resort company is responsible for the maintenance and establishment of safe environment for all the visitors, which was not in this case. During the whole trial the main focus was on the maintainability issues of the resort and the derelictions of the authority of the resort, was held accountable for this accident. It was established that Mr. Watters had a record of minimal attentions to corporate formalities and he had consistently been skipping all of the corporate meetings. The break down in the boat that led to the deaths of Jared and William Geringer correspond to negligence and ignorance for the duty of
The evidence presented to myself and the other juror’s proves that Tyrone Washburn is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the murder of his wife, Elena Washburn. On March 12, 1979 Elena Washburn was strangled in the living room of her family’s home. Her body was then dragged to the garage, leaving a trail of blood from the living room to the place it was found. Her husband, Tyrone Washburn, found her in the family’s garage on March 13, 1979 at 1:45 A.M. When officer Dale Chambers arrived at the scene he found her lying face down in a pool of blood. The solid evidence in this case proves only one person, Tyrone Washburn, is guilty of murder.
Colorado Petitioner v. Francis Barry Connelly was a case appealed on October 8, 1986 by the Supreme Court of Colorado and later decided on December 10th, 1986 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The case began in Denver when, without any prompting, Francis Connelly approached police officer Patrick Anderson and claimed he had murdered a young girl named Mary Ann Junta. Before hearing anymore details, Officer Anderson immediately advised Connelly of his Miranda rights. The respondent said that he understood his rights but still wanted to discuss the murder. Officer Anderson asked Connelly several questions, where he denied drinking and taking drugs, but had claimed to be treated for mental illness. Soon after, detective Antuna arrived and Connelly was once again advised of his rights. Connelly claimed that
II. Trial Court Ruling. The district court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim. The plaintiff’s retaliation claim went to trial, but the court excluded evidence regarding the alleged sexual harassment. The court refused to grant the plaintiff a new trial. The appellate court affirmed the district court’s ruling.
The police responded to a tip that a home was being used to sell drugs. When they arrived at the home, Gant answered the door and stated that he expected the owner to return home later. The officers left and did a record check of Gant and found that his driver’s license had been suspended and there was a warrant for his arrest. The officers returned to the house later that evening and Gant wasn’t there. Gant returned shortly and was recognized by officers. He parked at the end of the driveway and exited his vehicle and was placed under arrest 10 feet from his car and was placed in the back of the squad car immediately. After Gant was secured, two officers searched his car and found a gun and a bag of cocaine.
Case name: Peter K. Dementas v The Estate of Jack Tallas, 764 P.2d 628 (1988)
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Blackburn was candid that most of his clients were “in the (drug) life at some level” and many of them had prior arrests. For instance, Billy Wafer, was on probation for possession of marijuana at the time when he was accused of selling cocaine to Coleman. “I ain’t an angel but I’ve never sold drugs,” said Wafer. Wafer, unlike most of the other defendants, had his charges dropped because he had a rock solid alibi with time cards from his job. Also, his supervisor testified verifying he was at work when Coleman claimed he sold him cocaine.
The court findings have finally come to a conclusion, to confirm regard to defendants Alexander, McCarthy, Caruso, and Correctional Medical Services Inc. because the Plantiff has poorly provided evidence specifying suspicious indifference. However, the court overturned the district court’s granting of summary judgment to Heebsh and Pausits, two defendants who return to custody for further actions because of sufficient evidence of deliberate indifference to survive summary judgment.
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The Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado case is about a man, Miguel Pena-Rodriguez, who committed crimes of unlawful sexual conduct and harassment seeking a new trial because of the racial basis of one of the jurors. In this case the petitioner is Miguel Pena-Rodriguez believes that his guilty verdict is not valid because of the racial biased by a juror, which is validated by two other jurors recounts. The state of Colorado, the respondent, will not grant a retrial because of Rule 606(b), which, “prohibits introduction of evidence regarding statements made in jury deliberations,” and therefore Miguel Pena-Rodriguez could not use the racial comment from the jurors in this retrial (Ballotpedia). However, Miguel Pena-Rodriguez argues that this rule cannot apply to cases of racial biases because it impedes on his Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury (Ballotpedia). In Colorado, and in many states the Rule 606(b), otherwise known as the “no impeachment rule,” prevent jurors from having to
The Court has long recognized that the right to procreate is a fundamental right protected by the Constitution. In Skinner v. Oklahoma, the Court overturned a state statute that required mandatory sterilization of any person that was convicted of certain habitual crimes. The Court in Skinner states that the right to procreate was a fundamental right; the Court limited the state’s power to enforce involuntary sterilization.
Skinner v state of oklahoma The first case of many cases dealing with the topic of the reproductive system , the rights of an individual to have the rights to a choice in reproduction . Though Roe v Wade is the most commonly known of the Supreme Court cases regarding reproductive rights it was not the first Supreme Court case regarding this topic. Reproductive rights was in fact not Roe v. Wade , but rather this case had no element that discussed the principle of abortion or contraceptive use.Skinner V, State of oklahoma Rather this case dealt with the topic of a discipline/ punishment based forced sterilization,( the removal of the reproductive capabilities
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