Powers Farley provides personal, responsive, and high-quality legal services to clients in Idaho and the Pacific Northwest.
Powers Farley secured summary judgment for its clients, the buyers, in a breach of contract dispute. Portia Rauer and Aaron Eskue obtained a favorable summary judgment determination in Ada County District Court in a lawsuit involving a complex breach of real estate...
Don Farley and Michael DeLeon Guerrero successfully defended a claim brought by a developer against a family over a dispute over the sale of the family’s farmland. The firm counterclaimed seeking declaratory relief and successfully moved for summary judgment, arguing...
Don Farley, Jim Thomson, Michael DeLeon Guerrero prevailed on a motion for partial summary and In a first-party action where the plaintiff brought both negligence and breach of contract claims against an insurer for allegedly failing to provide it with the insurance...
Michael Guerrero successfully defended a motion to amend in a personal injury action. The motion to amend sought to add the driver involved in a motor vehicle accident as a named defendant in a lawsuit that had been pending since March 3, 2022. Michael successfully...
prevailed on behalf of an insurance carrier at arbitration over a roofing dispute. The claimants alleged all slopes of their roof had been damaged in a windstorm and, in the alternative, the insurance policy covered the replacement of the entire roof. The arbitration...
Don Farley successfully defended a local credit union against a proposed class action based on bank transaction and insufficient fund fees. In response to the credit union’s motion for summary judgment, which alleged the action was untimely and the proposed...
Jim Thomson, II, successfully defeated a plaintiff’s attempt to include a defamation claim against a motorist. The motorist successfully argued that the defamation claim was futile as plaintiff would be unable to show the motorist made statements amounting to...
Jim Thomson, II, prevailed on a motion for summary judgment to dismiss a claim for insurance fraud brought against a motorist. The motorist successfully argued that Idaho does not recognize a private cause of action for insurance fraud and that the plaintiff...
Jim Thomson, II, obtained a voluntary dismissal of a case alleging construction defect against a general contractor based on an unopposed motion for summary judgment. The general contractor argued in the summary judgment motion that the claims for breach of contract...
prevailed on a motion for reconsideration, arguing the plaintiff failed to timely serve the defendants under Idaho Rule of Civil Procedure 4(b). The Court ultimately agreed with the defense and determined that service was untimely, dismissing all claims arising out of...