Ernst v. Tjon

20040373
Court of Appeals
Ronald R. Ernst, Plaintiff and Appellant
v.
Stacey Tjon, Defendant and Appellee

Appeal from: District Court, East Central Judicial District, Cass County
Judge Douglas R. Herman
Nature of Action: Torts (Negligence, Liab., Nuis.)
Counsel:
Appellant: Pro se
Appellee: Solberg, Stewart, Miller & Tjon
Term: 04/2005   Argument: 04/28/2005  04:00pm
ND cite: 2005 ND App
NW cite: 704 N.W.2d 574


Issues: Appellee's Statement of the Issues:
I. Did the Trial Court Properly Dismiss Ernst's Defamation Claim Based on Qualified Privilege?
A. General principles regarding privilege-absolute and qualified
B. The trial court properly found that Tjon's incorrect statements were an occasion of qualified privilege and that Tjon did not abuse that privilege

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Docket entries:
112/23/2004 NOTICE OF APPEAL: 12/20/2004
201/20/2005 RECORD ON APPEAL
301/25/2005 APPELLANT BRIEF
401/25/2005 APPELLANT APPENDIX
501/25/2005 DISK NONCOMPLIANCE - ATB (Scanned)
602/07/2005 Copies of the trial court register of actions, NOA and judgment for ATA
702/25/2005 Copy of Order for Transcript from Patricia A. Roscoe, counsel for Appellee
802/25/2005 APPELLEE BRIEF
902/25/2005 APPELLEE APPENDIX
1002/28/2005 DISK - aeb
1103/02/2005 Letter from Roger Mjones dated 3-1-05 RE: Request for return of ROA
1203/02/2005 ACTION BY CLERK (Req/Return/ROA). Granted
1303/02/2005 RETURN OF ROA TO DIST. CT.
1403/04/2005 MOTION FOR WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT ON BEHALF OF APPELLEE (letter dated 3-03-05 from Ms. Roscoe)
1503/08/2005 REPLY BRIEF
1603/09/2005 DISK NONCOMPLIANCE - RYB (scanned)
1703/09/2005 TRANSCRIPTS DATED November 1, 2004
1803/10/2005 DISK of tra
1903/10/2005 Refiled RECORD ON APPEAL
2003/10/2005 MOTION FOR Tele-Conference Argument
2103/10/2005 NO ACTION TAKEN (Mot/Tele-Conference Argument)
2203/22/2005 NO SEPARATE ACTION TAKEN (Waiver of OA on behalf of Appellee)
2303/22/2005 COURT OF APPEALS DETERMINED ORAL ARGUMENT NOT NECESSARY
2404/28/2005 APPEARANCES: oral argument waived under N.D.R.App.P. 34(a)(2)
2504/28/2005 ARGUED: oral argument waived under N.D.R.App.P. 34(a)(2) (Page 38)
2604/29/2005 DISPOSITION: AFFIRMED BY SUMMARY DISP.
2704/29/2005 UNANIMOUS OPINION: Per Curiam
2804/29/2005 Costs on appeal taxed in favor of Appellee
2904/29/2005 Judgment Mailed to Parties
3005/06/2005 Corrected Opinion Page
3105/11/2005 Corrected Judgment Mailed to Parties
3205/23/2005 MANDATE
3305/25/2005 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE

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