Twin Cities powerhouse Robins Kaplan (RKMC) is taking a run at fellow Minnesota legal institution, Dorsey & Whitney, in a legal malpractice case on behalf of two disappointed real estate investors, Andrew Czajkowski and David Perbix in connection with their purchase of a partial interest in Woods Manor, a Madeline Island Bed and Breakfast, when it was […]
On December 10, Jammie Thomas-Rasset filed a petition for a writ certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court (meaning that she seeks review of an intermediate appellate court’s ruling against her) asking to have a jury verdict reduced on the grounds that the award is excessive and violates her due process rights. Thomas-Rasset shared 24 songs […]
Bayside Holdings and related Bahamas companies sued Owatonna-based Viracon and others because of Bayside’s view that some Viracon glass windows, installed in Bayside construction in 2000, showed signs of failure in 2003 and the five-year product warranty was breached. But Bayside did not sue Viracon or EFCO until 2011. Bayside’s complaint was thrown out of […]
During the first week of my civil procedure course as a 1L, my professor asked my class what characteristics we wanted in our ideal judicial system. Notably, my class wanted a system that was fair, flexible but efficient, and one that ultimately came to the right conclusion in a dispute. It turned out, we later […]
Minnesota Litigator’s past attorney profiles have highlighted Minnesota civil trial lawyers with niche practice areas, where the lawyers have established reputations of excellence but not widespread reputations, given specialization of their practices (Mike Flom, Gray Plant’s General Counsel, Jim Behrenbrinker, civil rights/excessive force cases, John Halpern, collections, Elliot Olsen, foodborne illness litigation, Eric Cooperstein, “ethics maven“). […]
Thanks to a Minnesota Litigator reader, here is another installment of a Minnesota litigator snapping a pic of a Minnesota Courthouse — an interior shot of the Rice County Courthouse in Faribault, Minnesota. Does this look a space-ship interior to anyone other than me (or have the vibe of a grill of a 1940’s-50’s car)? […]
In Mattson Ridge v. Clear Rock Title, the Minnesota Supreme Court declined to hold a title insurer liable for damages in excess of policy limits when it wrongfully denied coverage. The Court did, however, stick the title insurer with a whopping bill: One over 100 times greater than it would have been if the title […]
Our legal system has a weakness in converting moral outrage into punishment (or not doing so). We may be nearly unanimous that intentional wrong-doing warrants greater punishment than unintentional wrong-doing but when does intentional wrong-doing rise to the level where some increased punishment is warranted? And how much of an increase is appropriate? And how […]
Minnesota Litigator is delighted to introduce it’s newest guest contributor: Paul Godfread! Paul Godfread is an attorney with a practice focusing on trademark, copyright, technology and business law. He worked for several years as an information technology project manager for Caribou Coffee Company. During law school he worked as a research assistant to Professor Kenneth […]
Several years ago, the Texas law firm of Carrington Coleman spear-headed the most breath-taking employment litigation coup I have seen in my 16 years of civil litigation practice. They represented a “c-level” executive, who was subject to a non-compete, who nevertheless defected from the company he worked for, then immediately entered into direct competition with […]