Ruschenberg v. Eliason

SEVERSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Megan Ruschenberg, Jessica Cornelius, and Heather Rensch, collectively referred to as Appellants, appeal the circuit court’s denial of Appellants’ motion in limine to exclude evidence of Ruschen-berg’s abortion, Appellants’ motion for mistrial based upon certain statements made by a witness at trial, and Appellants’ proposed jury instructions regarding the “proxy rule” or “alter ego rule.” 1 We affirm.

Background

[¶ 2.] In 2005, David Eliason and Keith Johnson formed Annabelle’s Adult Super Center of South Dakota, LLC (Annabelle’s) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In 2007,…