Representative Experience Archive
The case involved numerous issues including whether a pipeline company’s easement was partially extinguished by a landowner’s adverse possession.
To minimize the impact of taxes on the transfer of wealth from generation to generation, Ann Rieger guided a successful business owner in selling his company interests to carefully structured, irrevocable trusts established for the benefit of his children.
Our firm defended a major nonprofit organization against claims of discrimination against individuals with disabilities. We successfully moved to compel individual arbitration of certain claims, effectively preventing those individuals from pursuing their claims on behalf of a putative class.
Debra Mastrian that the Review Board of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development erred in their ruling.
Amundsen Davis represented a power equipment company against a products liability claim based on the alleged failure of a home backup generator.
The charge was that the bank had discriminated against borrowers on the basis of their national origin.
Ann Rieger represented a tax exempt organization created upon the conversion of an insurer from nonprofit status to for-profit ownership. Efforts included liquidation of significant stock holdings, negotiation of applicable grant agreements, assistance with regulatory matters and general corporate law assistance.
Debra Mastrian successfully defended against the personal guarantor’s statute of limitations defense.
Amundsen Davis represented a fast food franchisee against claims that its restaurants had misled consumers because the cost of its extra value meal was greater than the sum of each of the components. Despite the claim being brought on behalf of a putative class, we were able to settle the case on an individual basis – before even filing an answer.
The lawsuit was brought by the beneficiary of a million dollar policy after benefits were denied under the policy’s suicide exclusion.