July 30, 2011
Results expected soon from oil-tainted soil sample tests
The Environmental Protection Agency has conditionally signed offon ExxonMobil's work plan for cleanup of the July 1 oil spill in the Yellowstone River. Exxon included in this latest draft comments and additions made by state and federal agencies. Full approval from the EPA.
July 27, 2011
Oil spill work continues while frustration mounts on slow sample testing
The number of workers on the oil spill site along the Yellowstone River has now ballooned to 890. Cleanup work from the July I spill-when an ExxonMobii pipeline burst underneath the Yellowstone and dumped an estimated 1,200 barrels of oil into the river -is now in its fourth full week and crews are seeing progress.
July 26, 2011
Yellowstone spill tally: Oil on about 60% of shoreline
The four sites cleaned up last week by ExxonMobil on the Yellowstone River after its pipe burst a month ago have yet to be cleared by the Environmental Protection Agency.
July 11, 2011
Oil cleanup continues on the Yellowstone River
It's a rare site to see a closed runway at Billings Flying Service, but after an ExxonMobil pipe burst and spilled 42,000 gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone River, the flying company's property has since turned into a hub for cleanup efforts.
July 11, 2011
Flooding, oil spill do serious damage at popular walking area
Kelley Gililland didn't let a little bit of water ruin her daily dog-walking routine.
July 02, 2011
Yellowstone River crude oil spill could be double announced numbers
Estimating the quantity of crude oil spilled from the ExxonMobil pipeline into the Yellowstone River was posted on the www.montanawithkids.com web site yesterday morning.
December 1, 2010
Karrels file counterclaim for abuse of process
Michael and Terry Karrels filed a counterclaim in District Court last month for abuse of process against Prairie County commissioner Todd Devlin.
August 12, 2010
Kramer wins $240,000 settlement from MSU
Former Montana State football coach Mike Kramer said Wednesday he settled a lawsuit with the university partly because it was interfering with his desire to return to coaching.
August 11, 2010
Montana State, Kramer settle lawsuit after firing
Former Montana State football coach Mike Kramer said Wednesday he settled a lawsuit with the university partly because it was interfering with his desire to return to coaching.
August 11, 2010
Kramer settles suit over firing
Former Montana State football coach Mike Kramer said Wednesday he settled a lawsuit with the university partly because it was interfering with his desire to return to coaching.
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July 6, 2010
City plans to contest Rehberg lawsuit
The city of Billings expects to contest a lawsuit that alleges that the Billings Fire Department breached a duty to protect the Rehberg Ranch Estates subdivision from a wildfire that scorched nearly 1,200 acres on July 4 in 2008.
November 21, 2009
Railroad: Grain dispute resolved
BNSF Railway Co. says a federal court has already resolved new accusations by Montana's attorney general that the company broke a grain shipping agreement with a state-backed rail line.
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October 22, 2009
Family sues over chase that ended in fatality
The family of a Billings nurse killed by a drunken teenager who was fleeing from police has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit, claiming city officers and county deputies violated their own pursuit policies.
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October 15, 2009
High court sides with Montana Power retirees
HELENA - The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a $21.4 million judgment against NorthWestern Corp. and several of its executives in a case filed by 15 retired Montana Power Co. executives whose supplemental retirement benefits were cut off in 2005 without notice.
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May 7, 2009
Whitefish residents near rail yard to test for toxins
WHITEFISH, Mont. - Some Whitefish residents with property near a Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail yard have hired an attorney and plan to test for toxins after BNSF started offering to buy property near the rail yard.
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May 5, 2009
Whitefish residents to test for contamination
WHITEFISH, Mont. - Some Whitefish residents with property near a BNSF rail yard have hired an attorney and plan to test for toxins after BNSF started offering to buy property near the rail yard.
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2009
Whitefish residents hire lawyer to test for contamination from railyard
WHITEFISH - A high-profile trial lawyer from Billings will arrive in Whitefish on Monday, with a plan for detecting suspected railroad contamination in a trendy downtown neighborhood.
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2009
Whitefish residents worry about BNSF offers
WHITEFISH - The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad company has been quietly knocking on doors in a trendy Whitefish neighborhood, offering to buy homes and businesses that aren't for sale, while hinting that the ground beneath might be contaminated.
April 25, 2008
Chaotic chase preceded fatal collision on Grand
Court documents detail young driver's movements; 17-year-old charged as adult
Shortly before a Billings nurse driving to work was killed when a motorist fleeing a sheriff's deputy sped through a stop sign onto Grand Avenue, another Billings man was jolted by the actions of the same motorist.
2007
Top 100 Verdicts of 2007
Edwards Frickle & Culver has been awarded the honor of achieving one of the Top 100 verdicts in the United States for 2007.
Read more at www.verdictsearch.com.
BNSF must pay park county $14.5 million
July 23, 1999
LARGEST JURY AWARD
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. must pay $14.5 million to Park County for dumping toxic waste in the county landfill during the late 1970s and 1980s, a state jury has concluded.
Awarded $1.5 million
May 08, 1999
Victim of Attack at Shoe Store
A young Billings woman attacked at the Payless Shoesource where she worked in 1997 was awarded $1.5 million from the company Friday -- one of the largest judgments ever in Yellowstone County.
$1.5-million judgment upheld
May 11, 1999
Supreme Court retains damage award in Heights Payless attack
HELENA (AP) -- A $1.5-million judgment against national owners of a Billings shoe store where an employee was attacked in 1997 has been upheld Thursday by the Montana Supreme Court.
May 11, 1999
$1M damage award in Payless case upheld
District Judge Russell Fagg on Monday affirmed a $1 million punitive damage award to a young Billings woman who was sexually assaulted at Payless Shoesource where she worked in 1997.
August 18, 1995
Father sues over runaway semi. Swift lawsuit claims brake negligence
The father of a 13-month-old boy who was critically injured Tuesday when a runaway grain truck crashed into the mother's pickup truck filed a lawsuit against the owners of the semi Thursday in U.S. District Court in Billings.
October 04, 1994
Appeals court backs $1 million jury award
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a jury verdict that awarded nearly $1 million in lost profits to a Volborg couple who charged that a trenching machine that didn't perform as promised ruined their business.
April 10, 1992
Widow sues insurance company after it denies claims
A federal jury in Billings awarded $1.6 million in punitive damages Thursday to a Laurel woman who sued Wabash Life Insurance Co. for denying $6,383 in claims for her cancer-stricken husband.
April 09, 1992
A Laurel woman who lost her husband to lung cancer...
...three years ago should receive punitive damages from the insurance company that refused to pay for his treatment, a federal jury in Billings decided late Wednesday afternoon.
1992
Survivor sues over insurance
A woman whose husband died of lung cancer in 1989is asking a U.S. District Court jury in Billings to award her damages from the insurance company that denied claims under the supplemental cancer policy she and her husband paid premiums on for 17 years.
$2.5 Million Awarded in 1989 Death
1989
Big Judgment: Award eclipses previous record in Stillwater County
The family of a Columbus man killed when he was pinned between two trucks has won a $2.5 million verdict against a Bozeman-based cable TV Company.
