Policy Language Precludes Pre-Award Interest
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently ruled that policy language precluded pre-award interest in a first party property damage claim....
Matt Johnson Obtains Complete Defense Verdict in Hennepin County Jury Trial
Matt Johnson recently obtained a complete defense verdict in a case involving a rear end collision and a plaintiff...
The Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Miller-Shugart Agreements Need Not Necessarily Allocate Between Covered and Uncovered Claims
In King’s Cove Marina, LLV v. United Fire & Cas. Co., A19-0078 (Minn. April 14, 2021), the Minnesota Supreme...
Firm Wins Minnesota Supreme Court Decision in Improvement to Real Property Case
Bob Kuderer, with the assistance of Tom Brock and Madeline Davis, successfully argued the 2-year statute of limitations in...
Summary Judgment Granted in Open and Obvious Hazard Case
Greg Kuderer, with the assistance of Tom Brock and Madeline Davis, represented a private property owner in a premises...
Minnesota Supreme Court Decision Affirms Expansion of What Constitutes Insurer Bad Faith in Underinsured Motorist Actions.
The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed the Minnesota Court of Appeals decision in Peterson v. Western National Mutual Insurance, A18-1081...
The Minnesota Supreme Court Overturns Common Law Prohibition Against Champertous Agreements
In Maslowski v. Prospect Funding Partners, et. al, A18-1906 (Minn. June 3, 2020), the Minnesota Supreme Court abolished the...
Did the Coronavirus Make Contracts Unenforceable? Minnesota Law of Nonperformance Due to Force Majeure.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (also called COVID-19) has led to many companies to anticipate nonperformance...
Is there insurance coverage for coronavirus? What Minnesota businesses can do now.
Actions your company should take to determine coverage. The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is having an unprecedented impact on...
Minnesota Comparative Fault Act Does Not Reduce Damages Owed by Third-Party Defendant Where Jury Find Plaintiff’s Employer Also Shares a Percentage of Fault
In Fish v. Ramler Trucking Inc., 2019 WL 272865 (Minn. Ct. App. Jan. 22, 2019), the Minnesota Court of...