by Amy Hodges | Jul 20, 2017 | Community, Legal Updates
Earlier this year Hirst Applegate initiated a review of its Risk Management Plan. After months of researching the best practices for law firms, reviewing the various Wyoming rules applicable to attorneys, and reviewing the firm’s practices, Hirst Applegate adopted a...
by Amy Hodges | Jul 7, 2017 | Featured, Legal Updates, Uncategorized
42 U.S.C. § 1983, originally enacted as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, provides a remedy to persons whose Federal constitutional or statutory rights have been violated by those acting under color of State law. A defendant who is sued in his individual capacity...
by Amy Hodges | Apr 13, 2017 | Featured, Legal Updates, Professional Liability, Real Estate
On April 4, 2017, the Wyoming Supreme Court issued an Order Approving Consent Agreement confirming and adopting the Wyoming State Bar Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee’s (“Committee”) Consent Agreement in the matter of Razor City Realty, Kevin Beck (Responsible...
by Amy Hodges | Mar 20, 2017 | Complex Civil Litigation, Featured, Insurance Defense, Legal Updates, Transportation Law
Partner Khale Lenhart recently obtained summary judgment on behalf of a trucking company and two drivers involved in a wrongful death action. The lawsuit arose out of a motor vehicle accident where a motorist left the lane of travel and struck the rear of a...
by Amy Hodges | Mar 7, 2017 | Featured, Legal Updates, Professional Liability
Partner Billie Addleman recently assisted a client in responding to a complaint with the Wyoming State Bar. The client, an out-of-state attorney, was the subject of an unauthorized practice of law complaint under Rule 5.5 of the Wyoming Rules of Professional...
by Amy Hodges | Mar 1, 2017 | Featured, Legal Updates, Transportation Law
The Colorado Supreme Court cited to Richard Mincer’s Law review article, The Viability of Direct Negligence Claims Against Motor Carriers in the Face of an Admission of Respondeat Superior, 10 Wyo. L. Rev. 229 (2010) in a recent case where the court affirmed partial...