Cases & Appeals

Amicus Curiae

Losen v. Allina Health System, 767 N.W.2d 703 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009) (amici counsel for Minnesota Medical Association and Fairview Health Services regarding immunity under Minnesota's Commitment and Treatment Act)
• Jerry's Enterprises, Inc. v. Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd., 711 N.W. 2d 811  (Minn. 2006)   (amicus counsel for Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association regarding a transactional legal malpractice claim)
  
• Rosenberg v. Heritage Renovations, LLC, 685 N.W.2d 320 (Minn. 2004)   (amicus counsel for Minnesota Association of Realtors® regarding commission claims)
• Dohney v. Allstate Ins. Co., 632 N.W.2d 598 (Minn. 2001)   (amicus counsel for Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association regarding "best settlement" rule for underinsured motorist coverage claims)
• Ly v. Nystrom, 615 N.W.2d 302 (Minn. 2000)   (amicus counsel for Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association regarding scope of Minnesota Consumer Fraud Act)
• County of Dakota v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 489 N.W. 2d 811 (Minn. Ct. App. 1992) (amicus counsel for Minnesota Resource Recovery Association)

Employment Law

• Pinson v. Grazzini Bros. & Co., 2004 WL 1254117 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004)  (race discrimination and discriminatory discharge claim)
• Griffin v. Pinkerton's Inc., 173 F.3d 661 (8th Cir. 1999)    (race discrimination)
• Minnesota Brewing Co. v. Egan & Sons Co., 574 N.W.2d 54 (Minn. 1998)   (workers' compensation subrogation claim against a common enterprise employer)
• Veesenmeyer v. Burnet Realty, Inc. , 1996 WL 146475,  (Minn. Ct. App. Apr. 2, 1996) (sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and wrongful discharge)
• Granse v. Metro II , 1994 WL 263285, (Minn. Ct. App. June 14, 1994) (employment disability discrimination claim)
• Floyd v. University of Minnesota, 1993 WL 328737 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 31, 1993) (defamation and breach of education contract)

Environmental Law

• Steiner v. Beaudry Oil & Service, Inc., 545 N.W.2d 39 (Minn. Ct. App. 1996) (Minn. May 21, 1996) (fuel oil spill and Petrofund claim)
• Jacobsen v. Yocum Oil Company, Inc. , 1993 WL 152313, (Minn. Ct. App. May 5, 1993) (fuel oil spill claim)
• County of Dakota v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 489 N.W.2d 811 (Minn. Ct. App. 1992) (appeal of MPCA denial of permit to construct and operate a solid waste incinerator)
• In re Dougherty, 482 N.W.2d 485 (Minn. Ct. App. 1992) (environmental civil sanctions against individual officer and shareholder of a company)

Fraud and Misrepresentation Claims

• Ittel v. Pieteg, 705 N.W.2d 203 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005)   (construction fraud claim)
  
• Peters v. Lupient, 220 F.3d 915 (8th Cir. 2000)   (Truth-in-Lending Act claim)
  
• Ly v. Nystrom, 615 N.W.2d 302 (Minn. 2000) (amicus counsel for Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association regarding scope of Minnesota Consumer Fraud Act)
  
• Sutton v. Viking Oldsmobile Nissan, Inc., 611 N.W.2d 60 (Minn. Ct. App. 2000)   ,vacated and remanded (Minn. 2001) (automobile dealership fraud and consumer fraud claim)

Insurance Law

• Johnson v. Mutual Services Cas. Ins. Co., 732 N.W.2d 340 (Minn. Ct. App. 2007) (standard statutory fire policy dispute)
• Wakefield Pork, Inc. v. RAM Mutual Ins. Co., 731 N.W.2d 154 (Minn. Ct. App. 2007) (pollution exclusion dispute concerning hog manure odors)
• Wooddale Builders, Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Co., 722 N.W.2d 283 (Minn. 2006)   (allocation dispute regarding indemnity and defense costs for moisture intrusion and construction defect claims) 
• In re Silicone Implant Insurance Coverage Litigation, 667 N.W.2d 405 (Minn. 2003)   (mass tort excess insurance coverage dispute regarding trigger and allocation issues)
• State of Minnesota v. Joseph, 636 N.W.2d 322 (Minn 2001)     (excess insurance coverage; applicable statute of limitations and preclusive effect of previous adverse declaratory judgment)
• Johnson v. St. Paul Guardian Ins. Co., 627 N.W.2d 731 (Minn. Ct. App. 2001)   (underinsured motorist coverage dispute)
• Leamington Co. v. Non-Profits' Insurance Association, 615 N.W.2d 349 (Minn. 2000)   (standard fire insurance proof of loss)
• Mutual Service Casualty Ins. Co. v. Chamberlain, 1999 WL 410269, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. June 22, 1999)   (insurance coverage/intentional acts)
• Harper v. Lyndon Life Ins. Co., 1999 WL 203510, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. April 13, 1999)   (life insurance fraud claim)
• Giacomino v. Tri-State Ins. Co. of Minnesota, 595 N.W.2d 530 (Minn. Ct. App. 1999) (automobile property damage subrogation rights)
• Collins v. USAA Property & Casualty Ins. Co., 580 N.W.2d 55 (Minn. Ct. App. 1998) (fire casualty loss)
• Watson v. United Services Automobile Ass'n, 566 N.W.2d 683 (Minn. 1997)   , affirming 551 N.W.2d 500 (Minn. Ct. App. 1996) (fire insurance coverage dispute)
• North Branch Mutual Ins. Co. v. Bloom Lake Farms, Inc., 1995 WL 553875, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Sept. 19, 1995) (agricultural insurance coverage dispute)
• CPT Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 515 N.W.2d 747 (Minn. Ct. App. 1994) (employee benefits and fiduciary insurance coverage dispute)
• Employers Mutual Companies v. Nordstrom, 495 N.W.2d 855 (Minn. 1993), affirming 487 N.W.2d 543 (Minn. Ct. App. 1992) (underinsured motorist insurance coverage)

Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation

• Richter v. ITW Ransburg Electrostatic Group,  2006 WL 1130897 (8th Cir. 2006) (product liability claim against American Industrial Corporation)
• Cahalan v. Rohan, 423 F.3d 815 (8th Cir. 2005)   (New Jersey's Worker's Compensation Act precluded personal injury claim for Minnesota accident)
• Marshall v. The Inn on Madeline Island, 631 N.W.2d 113 (Minn. Ct. App. 2001)   (premises liability)
• Hoyt Development Corp. v. Spangenberg, 1998 WL 74286 (Minn. Ct. App. Feb. 24, 1998)   (defamation claim)
• Trevino v. Miller, 1999 WL 787595, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Oct. 5, 1999)   (personal injury fall)
• Park v. Kim, 1998 WL 202775, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Apr. 28, 1998) (premises liability)
• Kirschbaum v. Crow/Bloomington Limited Partnership, aff'd in Order Opinion (Minn. Ct. App. Apr. 14, 1998) (premises liability)
• Hoyt Development Corp. v. Spangenberg, 1998 WL 74286, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Feb. 24, 1998) (defamation claim)
• Dahlstrom v. Associated Hosts of Minnesota, Inc., 1997 WL 729134, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Nov. 25, 1997)   ("dram shop" liquor liability and wrongful death action)
• Tengvall v. Stuart Corp., 1997 WL 360906, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. July 1, 1997)   (premises liability)
• Hall v. Hart, 1996 WL 81508, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Feb. 27, 1996) (automobile liability claim)
• Hiller v. Huyck, 1996 WL 45178, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Feb. 6, 1996) (horse-kicking claim)
• Goodchild v. Jaks Partners, 1995 WL 687660, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Nov. 21, 1995) (apartment assault claim)
• Bieber v. Stuart Management Co., 1995 WL 311718, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. May 23, 1995) (premises liability)
• Coolidge v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 523 N.W.2d 5 (Minn. Ct. App. 1994), pet. for rev. granted (Minn. Dec. 21, 1994) [case settled before further review] ("dram shop" liquor liability and wrongful death action)
• Boelter v. Carlson, 1994 WL 705348, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Dec. 20, 1994) (jurisdiction and service of process dispute concerning automobile accident)
• Albert v. Paper Calmenson & Company, 524 N.W.2d 460 (Minn. 1994), modifying 515 N.W.2d 59 (Minn. Ct. App. 1994) (workers' compensation subrogation and liability claims)
• Floyd v. University of Minnesota, 1993 WL 328737, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 31, 1993) (defamation and breach of education contract)
• Pletan v. Gaines, 494 N.W.2d 38 (Minn. 1992), affirming 481 N.W.2d 566 (Minn. Ct. App. 1992) (police chase wrongful death action)

Professional Liability

• Antone v. Mirviss, 720 N.W.2d 331 (Minn. 2006)  (statute of limitations for legal malpractice claims against family law attorneys) 
• In re: Petition for Disability Action against Edward F. Rooney, 709 N.W.2d 263 (Minn. 2006)   (attorney discipline matter)
• Noske v. Friedberg, 670 N.W.2d 640 (Minn. 2003)   (legal malpractice claim against a criminal defense attorney and statute of limitations issues)
• Shea v. Esensten, 208 F.3d 712 (8th Cir. 2000)   (medical malpractice ERISA claim)
• Saliterman v. Burdick, 2000 WL 272048, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Mar. 14, 2000)   (real estate fraud claim)
• Doe v. Anderson, 1999 WL 619009, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 17, 1999)   (legal malpractice claim)
• Rohricht v. O'Hare, 586 N.W.2d 587 (Minn. Ct. App. 1998)   (legal malpractice claim)
• Zehrer v. Helland, 1998 WL 346651, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. June 30, 1998)   (real estate fraud claim)
• Day v. Miner, 1998 WL 279229, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. June 2, 1998) (medical malpractice claim)
• Graham v. Day, 1998 WL 113974, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Mar. 17, 1998)   (medical malpractice claim)
• Hellman v. Hertogs, 1998 WL 8461, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Jan. 13, 1998)   (legal malpractice claim)
• Phillips v. Bremseth, 1997 WL 536961, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. Sept. 2, 1997)   (legal malpractice claim)
• Remes v. Burnet Realty Inc., 1997 WL 88950, unpublished decision (Minn. Ct. App. March 4, 1997) (real estate breach of fiduciary duty claim)
• Wagener v. McDonald, 509 N.W.2d 188 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993) (assignability of legal malpractice claims)