Minnesota Daubert Law
Zach Hillesheim v. Myron's Cards and Gifts, Inc.
Zach Hillesheim sued Myron’s Cards and Gifts, Inc., seeking declaratory and<br> injunctive relief for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),<br> 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213, and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minn. Stat.<br> chapter 363A. He also seeks state-law 1 damages. Myron’s moved to dismiss.<br> Hillesheim did not respond to the motion, instead moving to amend ... More...
$0 (07-28-2018 - MN)Jassmine D. Adams v. Toyota Motor Corporation
On June 10, 2006, Koua Fong Lee was driving his 1996 Toyota Camry on the<br> interstate. When Lee exited the interstate, the Camry failed to come to a stop and<br> rear-ended another car waiting at a stoplight, killing three of the other car’s five<br> passengers and injuring others, including those in Lee’s vehicle. Lee was convicted<br> of vehicular homicide, but his conviction was vacated a... More...
$0 (06-10-2017 - MN)United States of America v. James Robert Carlson
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)Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Raymond Phillips
Appellees Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest) and the Air Line Pilots Association (Pilots Association) filed a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that their post-bankruptcy retirement benefit plan, the Money Purchase Plan for Pilot Employees (MP3), complied with the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001–1461 (2000). Appellants, a group of older No... More...
$0 (04-09-2012 - MN)Carlos Fernando Vasquez v. Stephanie Jo Colores
Dr. Carlos Colores Vasquez filed a petition to return his twenty-two-month-old daughter, I.R.C., to Mexico pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction (the Convention), implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA), 42 U.S.C. §11601 et seq. Stephanie Colores, Dr. Colores's estranged wife and mother of I.R.C., opposed the petition. The distric... More...
$0 (08-05-2011 - MN)Denise Cox v. Zurn Pex, Inc.
Minnesota homeowners brought this action1 against Zurn Pex, Inc. and Zurn Industries, Inc (Zurn) alleging that brass fittings used in the company's cross linked polyethylene (PEX) plumbing systems are inherently defective. In pretrial motions the homeowners sought class certification for their consumer protection, warranty, and negligence claims, and Zurn moved to strike the testimony of two of th... More...
$0 (07-06-2011 - MN)David Flesner v. Bayer AG
This is a failure-to-warn case involving the prescription drug Baycol, a cholesterol-reducing medication. The case comes to us after the district court1 granted Bayer's motion for summary judgment on Flesner's claims for strict liability, negligence, express and implied warranty, and unjust enrichment. On appeal, our decision focuses on whether the district court abused its discretion in finding t... More...
$0 (03-03-2010 - MN)United States of America v. Gary Bailey
Gary Bailey constructed a road on a parcel of wetlands in Lake of the Woods County (County), Minnesota, without obtaining a permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (Act). The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) ordered Bailey to restore the land to its previolation condition. Bailey refused, and the United States brought an action under Section 309(b) of the Act to enforce the re... More...
$0 (07-09-2009 - MN)<a href="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/01/10/011058P.pdf" target="_new">Fred Lauzon v. Senco Products</a>
In December 1997, Fred Lauzon, a carpenter, was injured while using Senco Products, Inc. (“Senco”) bottom-fire pneumatic nailer, model SN2 (“SN2”). Lauzon brought suit for negligence, breach of warranty, manufacturing defect, and design defect against Senco for injuries that arose out of the use of the SN2.<P> The design of the bottom-fire pneumatic nailer enables it to... More...
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