Lawsuit

A trademark dispute between Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Inc. and Rushmore Photo and Gifts and Wal-Mart will go to trial in the fall rather than this summer.

A Constitution Party candidate who unsuccessfully tried to get on the November South Dakota ballot for the U.S. House of Representatives is suing Secretary of State Jason Gant to be placed on the ballot.

A judge refuses to throw out lawsuit

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who sued Sanford Medical Center for malpractice for a 2007 surgical procedure that was aborted should not be granted another trial.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City Mayor Sam Kooiker wants a judge to dismiss him from a lawsuit filed by a former city landfill employee who claims Kooiker's actions and shoddy police work cost him his job and damaged his reputation.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The daughter of a woman who died in the Minnehaha County Detoxification Center is suing, saying workers did not properly care for her mother.

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man who was injured in a car crash with a Chester volunteer firefighter speeding to a fire has asked the South Dakota Supreme Court to reinstate his lawsuit against the firefighter.

SIOUX FALLS - Two Native American tribes in South Dakota are expected to file a class action lawsuit Thursday alleging that the state's Department of Social Services has violated the Indian Child Welfare Act.

SIOUX FALLS - A Republican activist thought to be behind a controversial series of political robo-calls has been added as a defendant in a Minnehaha County lawsuit.

PIERRE - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley will be distributing checks to two local organizations Wednesday as part of an estimated $7.8 million in loan relief from five U.S. banks.