MUDLIN v. HILLS MATERIALS CO.

No. 24339.

742 N.W.2d 49 (2007)

2007 SD 118

Vanessa L. MUDLIN, Plaintiff and Appellant v. HILLS MATERIALS COMPANY, a South Dakota Corporation, Oldcastle Materials South Dakota, Inc., Oldcastle Materials, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Oldcastle Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided November 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Verne Goodsell of Gunderson, Palmer, Goodsell & Nelson, LLP, Rapid City, and William Jason Groves of Groves Law Office, Rapid City, for appellant.

Edward C. Carpenter of Costello, Porter, Hill, Heisterkamp, Bushnell & Carpenter, LLP, Rapid City, and John Fornaciari of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, Washington, DC, for appellees Hills and Oldcastle et al.

Gary D. Jensen of Beardsley, Jensen and Von Wald, Rapid City, and Terrence R. Joy, Jason W. Pfeiffer, Daniel W. Berglund of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for appellees Liberty.


SABERS, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Vanessa L. Mudlin brought suit against her employer Hills Materials Company (Hills)1 and its insurer Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Liberty Mutual) for bad faith, breach of contract, barratry, abuse of process, intentional infliction of emotional distress and punitive damages. Hills2 moved for summary judgment, which was granted. Mudlin appeals. We affirm.

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