Elder Justice Prosecutor Samples
Requests Court provide protective and medical services for dependent abused adult. Court finds: dependent abused adult provided with protective and medical services; police/EMS assist DHS; dependent adult appointed Attorney and Guardian ad litem; medical and financial exhibits under seal; submission of Social Security numbers only (2015)
Requests Court authorize and allow DHS to evaluate, enter into residence of and to examine abused dependent adult. Court finds: DHS authorized to evaluate, enter into residence of and to examine dependent adult; form for submission of social security numbers only (2015)
Recommends Court dismiss plaintiff's claims because: defendant failed to use legal process; defendant neither instigated nor procured prosecution; defendant had no duty to disclose information to plaintiff; plaintiff is not real party in interest
Requests Court direct verdict in defendant's favor on punitive damages issue because there is insufficient evidence for a jury to determine defendant discharged plaintiff in willful and wanton disregard for workers' compensation rights
Argues Court must reverse district court's ruling on summary judgment motion because: issue preclusion does not apply; city's judicial estoppel argument was not raised
Argues Court must reverse district court's summary judgment ruling because issue preclusion does not apply
Recommends judgment on claims against defendants because: written instructions to change beneficiaries are not required; there is no issue of material fact related to self-dealing; a financial institution does not owe third party beneficiaries duty of care; common law negligence and breach of contract claims fail; there is no evidence all elements of torts are satisfied
Argues Court must deny cause of action because: plaintiff was not fired for alleged dependent adult abuse report; plaintiff was discharged for unscheduled absences during probationary period
Court finds: DHS authorized to examine medical and financial records, exchange information with professionals, family, guardians/conservators for dependent adult; police/EMS authorized to assist DHS; order expires in 60 days unless hearing scheduled to review Guardian petition; review hearing on schedule; medical and financial exhibits filed under seal (2013)
Argues Court must deny judgment because: motion is premature; plaintiffs need time to conduct discovery; there are material fact issues for punitive damages, fraud and negligence
Alleges: Count 1 - Corporate Negligence; Count 2 - Negligence by T. Minnis; Count 3 - Negligence of D. Chensvold, T. Wagg, and A. Tressel; Count 4 - Negligence by Danville Care Center; Count 5 - Negligence of S. Wingate; Count 6 - Negligence of L. Hampton; Count 7 - Negligence of N. Bernand; Count 8 - Negligence of D. Whitaker; Count 9 - Negligence of M. Belzer; Count 10 - Negligence of Healthcare of Iowa; Count 11 - Negligence of Millennium Rehab & Great River Therapeutics; Count 12 - Negligence of Diversacare; Count 13 - Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Count 14 - Fraud; Count 15 - Negligent Misrepresentation; Count 16 - Breach of Contract by Danville Care Center; Count 17 - Premises Liability; Count 18 - Loss of Consortium; Count 19 - Punitive Damages; Count 20 - Civil Conspiracy
Requests Court deny motion because: reasonable minds drew different inferences from facts; plaintiff's activity was reason for discharge; plaintiff relied upon circumstantial evidence
Court finds: DHS authorized to examine medical and financial records, exchange information with professionals, family, guardians/conservators for dependent adult; police/EMS authorized to assist DHS; review hearing on schedule; medical and financial exhibits filed under seal (2010)
Requests Court: renew and extend Emergency Order and Renewal Order for an additional fourteen days; find all medical and financial exhibits entered with petition filed under seal (2010)
Requests Court: provide protective and medical services for dependent abused adult; freeze dependent adult's financial accounts; enjoin perpetrators. Court finds: dependent abused adult provided with protective and medical services; police/EMS assist DHS; dependent adult appointed Attorney and Guardian ad litem; medical and financial exhibits under seal. Court enjoins perpetrators: withdrawing funds; negotiating instruments; selling property; exercising powers or engaging in act related to dependent adult; having contact with dependent adult's person or property or arranging for third parties to act on their behalf without Court's authorization; all accounts in dependent adult's name frozen (2015)
Requests Court authorize evaluation and examination of abused dependent adult's financial records. Court authorizes: DHS to evaluate and access dependent adult's financial records; form for submission of Social Security numbers only (2015)
Argues Court must reverse district court's decisions and remand because: district court's decisions are erroneous; final judgment fails to adjudicate all parties' claims; final judgment prejudices plaintiff; district court fails to properly render a decree of partition
Argues Court must affirm district court order because: defendant complied with summary judgment standards and burden of proof; district court acted within its discretion determining affidavits were inadmissible; summary judgment denial is not appealable
Argues Court must reverse and remand matter with instructions to remove from petitioner's record findings of an intentional program violation because Idaho Department of Health and Welfare failed to sustain case for food stamp program disqualification
Because appellant did not have an income and money going into U.S. Bank Senior Silver Elite was not appellant's, argues Court must: reverse memorandum, decision and order indicating appellant committed an intentional program violation; change violation to an inadvertent household error; expunge all records; reverse memorandum, decision and order
Argues Court must affirm summary judgement with instructions permitting plaintiff to introduce Idaho Food Code's prohibitaton against dogs in stores because whether the injury was foreseeable is a material fact issue
Alleges: medical, mental and physical abuse; failure to train, supervise and discipline; elder abuse; failure to provide medical care (2014)
Because district court erred in stiking affidavits and not shifting burden on summary judgment to plaintiff, argues Court must: reverse district court's striking affidavits; reverse district court's granting summary judgment in defendant's favor; grant summary judgment in plaintiff's favor; remand for damages
Argues Court must either hold further proceedings because district court did not inquire into request for new court appointed counsel or vacate conviction and sentence and restore trial rights because distinction between capital and non-capital cases is specious or vacate sentence and remand matter to district court because shooting was attempt to stop a fight not injure a person (2012)
Argues Court must affirm order granting summary judgment in defendant's favor or, in the alternative, modify existing Idaho case law and apply that modified law to facts meriting dismissal or sanction because plaintiff breached its duty to preserve evidence