Written Notice of Claim by a Third-Party is Sufficient to Start Accrual of Pre-Award Interest Under Minn.Stat. §549.09
In Shardlow Townhomes Ass'n v. Midwest Family Mut. Ins. Co., 567 N.W.2d 767 (Minn. Ct. App. 2023), the Minnesota...
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...
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...
Minnesota Supreme Court Refuses to Extend Doctrine of Implied Primary Assumption of Risk in Two Separate Cases
The Minnesota Supreme Court, in Soderberg v. Anderson, 922 N.W.2d 200 (Minn. 2019) and in Henson v. Uptown Drink,...