City of Rapid City v. Big Sky, LLC

[¶1.] The City of Rapid City filed an action against real-estate developers Big Sky LLC and Doyle Estes (collectively, "Developers"), seeking to recover the prospective cost of repairing roads in the Big Sky development outside Rapid City. A jury returned a general verdict in favor of the Developers. The City appeals the general verdict, arguing the circuit court erred by: (1) denying the City's motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability; (2) excluding evidence of the Developers' litigation and settlement with their subcontractors; (3) granting Estes's motion for judgment as a…