Minneapolis, Minnesota civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant claiming to have been wrongfully not hired.

The dispute arises out of the non-renewal of Ms. Lopez Prater's employment contract to teach at Hamline during the Spring of 2023. Hamline hired Ms. Lopez Prater as an Undergraduate Adjunct Instructor to teach a World Art class for the Fall 2022 semester.... More...    $0 (09-15-2023 - MN)

In the bankruptcy case of Daniel Thomas Kantos (“Debtor”), Dering Pierson Group, LLC (“DPG”) filed suit seeking a determination that its claim against Debtor is nondischargeable. The Bankruptcy Court1 held that DPG had not sustained its burden of proving that Debtor had willfully or maliciously caused an injury to DPG under § 523(a)(6). It also concluded that collateral estoppel did not apply beca... More...    $0 (01-18-2018 - MN)

This case requires us to determine the legal relationship between the recording
deadline for a lis pendens in Minn. Stat. § 582.043, subd. 7(b), and the excusable neglect
provision in Minn. R. Civ. P. 6.02.
Enacted by the Legislature in 2013, Minn. Stat. § 582.043 (2016) requires mortgage
servicers to notify mortgagors of loss mitigation options before referring the mortgage f... More...    $0 (01-13-2018 - MN)

Jennifer Heglund and her husband Jamie Heglund sued numerous Minnesota
cities and counties, state officials, and hundreds of John and Jane Does, alleging that
police officers had improperly accessed their private information in the State’s
driver’s license database. The Heglunds later amended their complaint to replace one
of the John Does with Frank Scherf, the former Grand Rapids... More...    $0 (09-08-2017 - MN)

General Mills Federal Credit Union1 filed an adversary proceeding to determine
the dischargeability of a debt in Michael Hernandez's Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The
bankruptcy court2 found the debt excepted from discharge, the district court3 affirmed,
and we now affirm as well.
I. BACKGROUND
Hernandez's grandparents, Joseph and Stella Hernandez (whom we will refer
to as Joseph a... More...    $0 (06-14-2017 - MN)

On June 10, 2006, Koua Fong Lee was driving his 1996 Toyota Camry on the
interstate. When Lee exited the interstate, the Camry failed to come to a stop and
rear-ended another car waiting at a stoplight, killing three of the other car’s five
passengers and injuring others, including those in Lee’s vehicle. Lee was convicted
of vehicular homicide, but his conviction was vacated after... More...    $0 (06-10-2017 - MN)

Carlson was the owner and operator of the Last Place on Earth (Last Place), a head shop in Duluth, Minnesota which sold synthetic drugs from 2010 until 2012. Both Haugen, Carlson's domestic partner, and Carlson's son Gellerman worked at the shop. As store clerks, Gellerman and Haugen received shipments of misbranded synthetic drugs from Last Place suppliers and sold such products to customers. H... More...    $0 (01-14-2016 - MN)

The question presented by this case is whether the district court abused its
discretion when it excluded evidence of an Alford plea entered during a previous criminal
proceeding regarding the same course of conduct from being considered in a subsequent
civil trial. The civil jury found respondent Ralph Liebsch not liable for sexual assault and
battery against appellant Jane Do... More...    $0 (12-31-2015 - MN)

The two cases before us in this consolidated appeal involve a dispute over the
obligation of an insurer to pay no-fault medical-expense or income-loss benefits after the
same expenses or losses were recovered in a tort action. We consider two questions:
(1)_whether the Minnesota No-Fault Automobile Insurance Act (No-Fault Act), Minn.
Stat. §§ 65B.41-.71 (2014), bars an insured... More...    $0 (12-16-2015 - MN)

This is an insurance coverage dispute arising out of a fatal accident. The
district court determined a bobtail p 1 olicy issued to Hipp's Trucking, Inc., provided
coverage for damages arising out of a collision involving trucker Thomas Hipp's
semi-tractor and trailer. The district court also determined the bobtail policy provided
$1 million in coverage. We affirm.
I
On Marc... More...    $0 (09-02-2014 - MN)

Loftness Specialized Farm Equipment, Inc. (“Loftnessâ€�) brought this declaratory judgment action against Terry Twiestmeyer, Steven Hood, and Twiestmeyer & Associates, Inc. (“T&Aâ€�). Twiestmeyer, Hood, and T&A then asserted counterclaims against Loftness for, as relevant here, unjust enrichment and breach of two contracts. The district court granted Loftness’s motion to dismiss the unjust e... More...    $0 (02-11-2014 - MN)

Wallace Beaulieu, an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, was civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (“MSOPâ€�) in 2006 as a Sexual Psychopathic Personality (“SPPâ€�) and a Sexually Dangerous Person (“SDPâ€�). Beaulieu is currently confined to the MSOP secure treatment facility in Moose Lake, Minnesota, operated by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. On... More...    $0 (01-30-2013 - MN)

Plaintiff Joseph H. Whitney appeals the district court's dismissal of his declaratory judgment, contract, unjust-enrichment, tort, and shareholder claims. Applying a choice-of-law analysis, the district court dismissed the contract and unjust-enrichment claims as barred by a Delaware statute of limitations and dismissed the tort and declaratory judgment claims as derivative of the contract claims.... More...    $0 (11-06-2012 - MN)

Appellant United Fire & Casualty Company (United Fire) challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment to respondents Jonathon Schupp and Northern Pine Lodge, Inc. United Fire contends that the district court improperly nullified an automobile exclusion in Northern Pine Lodge’s commercial general liability insurance policy after erroneously determining that United Fire failed to comp... More...    $0 (10-29-2012 - MN)

Divorcing parents were required by a dissolution decree to engage a parenting consultant to resolve parenting disputes. The father sued the parenting consultant for negligence and breach of contract for her parenting-consultant decisions. The district court entered summary judgment dismissing the suit, holding that the consultant was entitled to quasi-judicial immunity. We hold that the district c... More...    $0 (10-22-2012 - MN)

In this subrogation action, appellant RAM Mutual Insurance Company seeks to recover payment it made to its insured for the repair of water damage allegedly caused by the negligence of respondent Rusty Rohde, the commercial tenant of RAM’s insured. The district court granted Rohde’s motion for summary judgment, dismissing RAM’s subrogation claim as a matter of law, relying on the court of app... More...    $0 (09-05-2012 - MN)

Chandramouli Vaidyanathan brought suit against Seagate US LLC and Seagate Technology LLC (collectively, Seagate), alleging a violation of Minnesota Statutes section 181.64, false statements as inducement to entering employment, and a common law claim of promissory estoppel. The jury returned a verdict for Vaidyanathan on his statutory claim, awarding him $1.9 million in damages. The district court... More...    $0 (08-28-2012 - MN)

Minneapolis Police Sergeant Peter Ritschel arrested Paul Stepnes without a warrant for running a contest which allegedly violated Minnesota gambling laws. Ritschel later obtained a search warrant and seized several items from the house where Stepnes was running the contest. Reporter Esme Murphy broadcast a news story about the contest and Stepnes's arrest on WCCO TV, a local CBS television statio... More...    $0 (12-09-2011 - MN)

In 2004 and 2005, appellants, citizens of New York, sued the appellee pharmaceutical companies in New York state court claiming that appellees’ hormone replacement therapy drugs caused appellants to develop breast cancer. After substantial discovery, appellees moved for summary judgment on the ground that the claims were time-barred under the three-year New York statute of limitations. Appellant... More...    $0 (10-25-2011 - MN)

During contentious litigation in Minnesota state court, a judge entered an order authorizing the Buffalo–Red River Watershed District (BRRWD) to “clean outâ€� or remove accumulated silt and topsoil from a ditch running next to a road along the length of one of A. R. Minch’s fields. The Minch Family LLLP, Lois A. Minch and trustee Roger J. Minch2 (collectively, Minch) later sued BRRWD, Roger ... More...    $0 (12-15-2010 - MN)

This case for damages, arising out of the termination of a business relationship, involves charges of breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, promissory estoppel, and tortious interference with business relations. The district court2 entered summary judgment for the defendants, Boar’s Head Provisions Co., Inc. (“Boar’s Headâ€�) and Frank Brunckhorst... More...    $0 (05-27-2010 - MN)

Metabolite appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado’s grant of summary judgment. See Lab. Corp. of Am. Holdings v. Metabolite Labs., Inc., 571 F. Supp. 2d 1199 (D. Colo. 2008). The district court granted LabCorp’s motion for summary judgment on its complaint for declaratory judgment that it did not breach a license agreement for failure to pay know-how royalti... More...    $0 (03-10-2010 - MN)

Plaintiff George McCollins represented a putative West Virginia class in this multidistrict litigation against the defendants who manufactured and produced Baycol, a prescription cholesterol lowering medication. His was one of thousands of similar Baycol lawsuits consolidated for pretrial proceedings in the district court, In re Baycol Prods. Litig., MDL No. 1431. After the presiding judge1 denied... More...    $0 (01-05-2010 - MN)

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Wells Fargo) appeals from the district court's award of summary judgment in favor of Joel and Tanya Karnitz, who brought this action seeking a declaration that the mortgage held by Wells Fargo on their residence is invalid under Minnesota Statute § 507.02. We agree with Wells Fargo that given the undisputed facts of this case, the Karnitzes should be estopped from relying ... More...    $0 (07-18-2009 - MN)

In this insurance coverage dispute, Westchester Fire Insurance Company ("Westchester") filed a declaratory judgment action against Douglas Wallerich, Patrick Lowther, and Sharon O'Reilly (collectively "Insureds"), seeking a determination whether it must provide coverage to the Insureds in defending an underlying lawsuit. Additionally, Westchester sought reimbursement of its expenses paid thus far ... More...    $0 (04-24-2009 - MN)

Donald Oren (Oren) and Highway Sales, Inc. (Highway Sales) (collectively, plaintiffs), asserted claims against Blue Bird Corporation (Blue Bird) for (1) breach of express and implied warranties; (2) violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2301-2312; (3) violation of Minnesota’s Lemon Law, Minn. Stat. § 325F.665; and (4) revocation of acceptance under Minn. Stat. § 336.2-608. ... More...    $0 (03-18-2009 - MN)

Firstcom, Inc. (“Firstcomâ€�) appeals the district court’s1 order dismissing all of its claims against Qwest Corporation (“Qwestâ€�). We affirm. 2ILECs are “existing telephone companies, which previously held monopolies,â€� Sw. Bell Tel., L.P. v. Mo. Pub. Serv. Comm’n, 530 F.3d 676, 680 (8th Cir. 2008); see 47 U.S.C. § 251(h), whereas CLECs are “newcomers,â€� Sw. Bell Tel., L.P., 530 ... More...    $0 (02-09-2009 - MN)

Suzanne Snaza commenced this action against the City of St. Paul alleging that her constitutional rights to substantive due process, equal protection, and just compensation were violated by denial of her application for a conditional use permit. The district court1 granted the city's motion for summary judgment. Snaza appeals, and we affirm.

In 1999 Snaza's father, Bernard, applied for a co... More...    $0 (12-04-2008 - MN)

Domino's is a national pizza franchise. The plaintiffs are owners of various Domino's franchises located in Minnesota, Maine, Missouri, and Ohio. When they became Domino's fra... More...    $0 (06-20-2008 - MN)

Taxi Connection and Robin K. Gamradt appeal from the district court's1 dismissal of their claims against Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation (DM&E) alleging: (1) reprisal, business, and gender discrimination in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), and (2) breach of contract and promissory estoppel. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.... More...    $0 (01-29-2008 - MN)

Transclean Corporation, James P. Viken, Jon A. Lang, and Donald E. Johnson (collectively "Transclean") brought suit against Bridgewood Services, Inc. ("Bridgewood"), alleging that the automatic transmission fluid changing machine manufactured and sold by Bridgewood, the "T-Tech machine," infringed Transclean's patent. Transclean obtained a judgment in its favor, including a damages award of $1,... More...    $0 (03-21-2007 - MN)

This action was brought by Kimberly J. Goodin complaining that the United States Postal Inspection Service (Postal Service) failed to grant her a reward it had offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of an armed robber who had assaulted a postal worker. The district court1 concluded that her claim should be brought in the Court of Federal Claims and dismissed the case f... More...    $0 (04-20-2006 - MN)

This appeal raises two issues: First, whether the district court erred in finding that Rachael Lundquist was not disabled within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and granting Rice Memorial Hospital's (RMH) summary judgment motion on that basis; second, whether the district court erred in denying Lundquist's motion to amend an order setting a filing deadline for amend... More...    $0 (01-26-2005 - MN)

Glass Service Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Auto Glass Service Center (collectively Glass Service), appeal from a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision requiring them to separately arbitrate over 5,700 individual claims of alleged underpayment by Illinois Farmers Insurance Company and Mid-Century Insurance Company (collectively Farmers). Glass Service asserts that Farmers underpaid it... More...    $0 (07-26-2004 - MN)

Respondent employee, Dr. John H. Brekke, brought an action against appellant employer, THM Biomedical, Inc. (THM), under Minn. Stat. § 181.79 (2002) for a statutory penalty based on THM's unauthorized deduction from Dr. Brekke's salary of the principal of a debt owed by Dr. Brekke to THM. The district court ruled that the deduction violated Minn. Stat. § 181.79 and awarded Dr. Brekke twice the... More...    $0 (07-09-2004 - MN)

In January 1999, a federal district court granted appellant James L. Noske's petition for a writ of habeas corpus and vacated Noske's 1990 assault conviction, based on the court's conclusion that Noske had been denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of trial counsel. Noske then brought a legal-malpractice action against respondent Joseph S. Friedberg, who was Noske's defens... More...    $0 (02-05-2003 - MN)

This appeal arises from James Casazza's ill-fated effort to purchase a fifty-two foot sailboat named the "Andante" from Joseph C. Kiser. Casazza sued Kiser seeking damages under the legal theories of breach of contract and promissory estoppel for Kiser's failure to sell him this boat. The District Court1 granted Kiser's motion to dismiss. We affirm.
I. Background
In late May 2001, Ca... More...    $0 (12-11-2002 - MN)

Ian Maitland, a male professor at the University of Minnesota, sued the University and other officials in 1993 under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e to 2000e-17 (1994 & Supp. IV 1998), claiming that the Rajender II salary increases for female faculty members had created a discriminatory pay structure tilted against himself and other male faculty members. The Distri... More...    $0 (08-15-2001 - MN)

Promissory estoppel and breach of oral promise. Katalin Deli sought to hold the University of Minnesota liable for emotion distress damages arising from its athletic director's breach of an oral promise not to view a videotape that contained both the University's gymnastics team performance at the 1992 Florida competition and Deli's sexual encounter with her husband in a Florida hotel room. ... More...    $675000 (05-19-1998 - MN)