Readers of Minnesota Litigator will appreciate that Minnesota Litigator has enjoyed tracking this hard-fought litigation in the U.S. District Court (D. Minn.) for more than a year, and it is now time to bid the combatants adieu.
Cato The Elder, a Roman spokesman, is said to have concluded all of his speeches on the Senate Floor with, “Carthago delenda est” (Carthage must be destroyed). The message finally got through. This is why “the study of Carthaginian history is often problematic” and why Catholicism is a world religion while Carthoginism is a made-up word. We […]
Update (January 13, 2011): Jeff Anderson, St. Paul attorney, crusader for abuse victims, and scourge of the Catholic Church goes transatlantic, establishing a beachhead in London. Original post (August 31, 2010): If an entity runs a school in which it employs someone the entity has reason to believe may be a pedophile, and the entity […]
The old adage, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me…,” comes to mind in the Minnesota Court of Appeals decision that came down yesterday in Collins v. Waconia Dodge, out of Carver County, where the case was tried before District Judge Philip T. Kanning. Plaintiff Collins brought a claim against […]
While Minnesota Litigator does not normally cover family law, an imminent Minnesota Supreme Court hearing (tomorrow morning) is a family law matter with implications, perhaps, for civil litigation more broadly in the state.
Plaintiff Doug Fischbach signed on as co-signor for his daughter Jessica’s credit card when she lived in his home in West St. Paul. She then picked up stakes and moved to Wisconsin, sending notice of change of address to the credit card company. While there, she defaulted on her credit card debt. Dad […]
Update #2: $100,000 spoliation sanction: pay up…now. (Today’s order of U.S. District Court Judge John R. Tunheim (D. Minn.) is only a little longer than this three word summary.) Update (12/15/2011): SGS’ response to Cenveo’s motion to enforce the court’s sanction order asap is here… Original Post: During the course of some litigation, there are […]
All experienced civil litigators have learned that the small skirmishes between the filing of a complaint and the final resolution of a lawsuit (resolution whether by trial or settlement) can have far-reaching consequences for the outcome of the litigation and, in many instances, decisions in these skirmishes are effectively unappealable (or pretty close) as a […]
AGA Medical and the University of Minnesota have been locked in patent litigation since late November, 2007, over two patents relating to a medical device used in the repair of holes in hearts. This week, U.S. District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz (D. Minn.) decided AGA Medical’s motion for summary judgment, granting it in part […]
Update: In an opinion authored by Justice Alan C. Page (and a concurrence by Justice Christopher J. Dietzen), the Minnesota Supreme Court affirms the Court of Appeals in favor of the plaintiff in this fraud case against the now defunct firm of Rider Bennett and attorney Stephen Schmidt. Original Post (May 5, 2010): William Skolnick […]