Minnesota Injurious Falsehood Law

Kiewel v. United States

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant who was held in contempt for refusing to answer questions propounded to him by a grand jury, The Court's order permitted Kiewel to purge himself of contempt by appearing before the grand jury on September 19, 1952. He appeared before that body on that day and presented to the jury a statement theretofore prepared by h... More...

$0 (05-06-1953 - MN)

Julie A. Soderberg vs. Lucas Anderson

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/MinnesotaJudicialCenter.JPG/321px-MinnesotaJudicialCenter.JPG"> <h2> <h2> </h2> </center> On the morning of January 3, 2016, appellant Lucas Anderson, age 35, went snowboarding at Spirit Mountain near Duluth. Spirit Mountain welcomes both skiers and snow... More...

$0 (01-25-2019 - MN)

State of Minnesota vs. Alie Christine Theodore Dorn

The state charged appellant Alie Christine Dorn with first-degree assault, in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.221, subd. 1 (2012), after Dorn pushed another person, causing him to fall backwards into a bonfire. Dorn waived her right to a jury trial. At her bench trial, the state presented evidence that both Dorn and the complainant, who did not know each other, attended a lar... More...

$0 (02-21-2016 - MN)

State of Minnesota vs. Richard Ellis Hill

This case presents the question of whether we should adopt a rebuttable presumption of contamination for controlled substances that the St. Paul Police Crime Lab (“Crime Lab”) handled and that the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (“BCA”) later tested. The State charged appellant Richard Ellis Hill with aiding and abetting first-degree sale of a mixture of a co... More...

$0 (12-09-2015 - MN)

Webb Golden Valley, L.L.C. v. State of Minnesota

This appeal arises from a dispute over the State of Minnesota's proposed conveyance of land to the Golden Valley Housing and Redevelopment Authority ("HRAâ€) pursuant to Minn. Stat. Â§ 161.44 (2014), which governs the relinquishment of land no longer needed for trunk highway purposes. Respondent Webb Golden Valley, LLC ("Webbâ€) owns nearby land and challenges the propo... More...

$0 (07-01-2015 - MN)

John S. Drewitz v. Motorwerks, Inc.

This appeal arises out of protracted shareholder litigation between appellant, a former minority shareholder of respondent-corporation, and respondents, the corporation, its corporate director and majority shareholder, and other former shareholders. Appellant argues that the district court erred by failing to hold respondent-corporate director personally liable for breach of his fi... More...

$0 (06-22-2015 - MN)

The Netherlands Insurance Co. v. Main Street Ingredients, LLC

Malt-O-Meal Company (Malt-O-Meal) sued Main Street Ingredients, LLC (Main Street) in Minnesota state court, which suit involved the June 2009 voluntary recall of dried milk Main Street bought from Plainview Milk Products Cooperative (Plainview) and sold to Malt-O-Meal. The Netherlands Insurance Company (Netherlands) sued its insured, Main Street, in federal court, seeking a declaratory judgment as... More...

$0 (03-18-2014 - MN)

State of Minnesota v. Jerry Ben Retzlaff

A DWI defendant previously convicted of criminal vehicular operation for substantially harming another person is subject to conviction of first-degree DWI regardless of whether the predicate conviction occurred when criminal vehicular operation was codified as Minnesota Statutes section 609.21, subdivision 2a (2006) or when the legislature renumbered it as Minnesota Statutes section 609.21, subdiv... More...

$0 (11-21-2011 - MN)

Phillip David Schaub v. Steven VonWald

After a bench trial, the district court1 found that Steven C. VonWald, the director of the Minnesota facility in which Philip D. Schaub was incarcerated, was deliberately indifferent to Schaub's serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The court awarded Schaub $214,000 in compensatory damages and $750,000 in punitive damages. VonWald appeals both the judgment and the award of pu... More...

$0 (04-26-2011 - MN)

David Riehm; Colleen Riehm v. John Engelking, in his individual capacity and his official capacity as Middle and High School Principal of Cook County Public Schools, et al.

David Riehm was a high school student who wrote an essay detailing a fantasy murder-suicide inspired by the school shooting that took place at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. He left the essay with his teacher, who read it and reported it to law enforcement. He was taken from his home in Cook County, Minnesota, by court order, underwent a psychiatric evaluation and was released after... More...

$0 (08-25-2008 - MN)

Florence Hervey v. Cty. of Koochiching

Florence Hervey brought a claim pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minn. Stat. § 13.01 et seq., alleging that her employer, Koochiching County, and supervisors Duane Nelson and John Mastin, discriminated against her on the basis of her sex, and retaliated against her for participation in a protected activity. She also... More...

$0 (06-09-2008 - MN)

<a href="http://www.courts.state.mn.us/opinions/sc/current/opa030416-0729.htm" target="_new">Jeremy Meintsma vs. Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc., Richard Lee Mendez and Steven Wayne Bachler, James Valenta, Eric Leon Havisto, et al., Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. vs. Dennis Darnell Ramsey, et al., Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. vs. United Steelworkers of America, Local 2002</a>.

This case arises out of a "birthday spanking" given to appellant Jeremy Meintsma[1] by five co-employees with a two-by-four fashioned into a paddle at his place of employment, Loram Maintenance of Way, on May 1, 2001. Meintsma sued Loram and the co-employees individually, alleging claims of assault and battery, aiding and abetting assault and battery, respondeat superior, negligent hiring, neglig... More...

$0 (07-29-2004 - MN)

<a href="http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/supct/0307/OP030092-0710.htm" target="_new">B.M.B. v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company</a>

Plaintiff B. M. B. obtained a judgment, in state district court, against Ronald K. Halliday for compensatory and punitive damages resulting from Halliday's nonconsensual sexual contact with B. M. B. Halliday's insurer, defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (State Farm), denied coverage. Halliday then assigned his State Farm policy rights to B. M. B., who commenced suit for breach of ins... More...

$0 (07-24-2003 - MN)

<a href="http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/0209/c5011546.htm" target="_new">In re: Silicone Implant Insurance Coverage Litigation.</a>

1. When the underlying litigation leading to an insured's liability is settled, leaving facts crucial to a coverage determination unresolved, the district court in the coverage action must make findings as to these unresolved coverage issues, which will not be reversed unless clearly erroneous. 2. When damages covered by occurrence insurance take place over mor... More...

$0 (09-24-2002 - MN)