JLO congratulates Lawrence M. Rocheford on his recertification by the MSBA as a Board Certified Civil Trial Law Specialist. In addition to Lawrence, Leonard J. Schweich is a Board Certified Civil Trial Law Specialist. This is an honor achieved by less than 3% of Minnesota’s licensed attorneys. … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2015
2015 list of Minnesota Rising Stars
Congratulations to Elisa M. Hatlevig, Jason A. Koch, Vicki A. Hruby, and Jamie L. Jonassen, who have been named to the 2015 list of Minnesota Rising Stars by Minnesota Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business. … [Read more...]
2015 list of Minnesota Super Lawyers
Congratulations to Eugene J. Flick, Joseph E. Flynn, Lawrence M. Rocheford, and Leonard J. Schweich who were named to the 2015 list of Minnesota Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business. … [Read more...]
Schirmers v. Cnty. of Anoka, No. A14-2019 (Minn. Ct. App. July 20, 2015) (unpublished)
Common Enterprise defense in an employee’s third party action under Minn Stat. Sec. 176.061. When analyzing the “same or similar hazards” McCourtie factor to determine whether the employer and a third party were engaged in a common enterprise, a court must look at the general risks employees are exposed to and not solely the exact risk that caused the injury at issue. Schirmers v. Cnty. of Anoka, No. A14-2019 (Minn. Ct. App. July 20, 2015) (unpublished) … [Read more...]
Midwest Constr. & Distribution Indus. Benefit Trust v. Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., No. 0:14-CV-00853-ADM-HB (D. Minn. July 14, 2015)
An employer may, in certain circumstances, raise the defenses of waiver and laches when a plaintiff brings a claim under § 515 of ERISA. Midwest Constr. & Distribution Indus. Benefit Trust v. Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., No. 0:14-CV-00853-ADM-HB (D. Minn. July 14, 2015). … [Read more...]
Hous. Redevelopment Auth. of Redwood Falls v. Hous. Auth. Prop. Ins., No. 0:14-CV-04741-PAM-HB (D. Minn. July 14, 2015).
Minnesota courts typically treat appraisal awards as arbitration awards, and a party cannot collect pre-award interest when their contract specifies that the party cannot receive payment on a loss until after the appraisal panel issues an award. Hous. Redevelopment Auth. of Redwood Falls v. Hous. Auth. Prop. Ins., No. 0:14-CV-04741-PAM-HB (D. Minn. July 14, 2015). … [Read more...]