The Minnesota Supreme Court has determined that because a solvent workers’ compensation insurer bore some causal responsibility for an employee’s successive injuries, the insurer did not have a claim for contribution from the Minnesota Insurance Guarantee Association and was instead solely responsible for the claim.
Read More »Bar Buzz – June 7
In this week's Bar Buzz: Law prof to serve as U.N. expert on gender equality; The National Law Journal has picked up on the 8th Circuit’s record as the “worst diverse” federal circuit; and more.
Read More »Court rules state need not pay costs
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled last week that the state is immune from the taxation of appellate costs and disbursements when it acts in its sovereign capacity.
Read More »ABA, AHR support release of imprisoned prof
The American Bar Association issued a statement last week in support of William Mitchell College of Law Professor Peter Erlinder, who has been imprisoned in a Rwandan jail since May 28.
Read More »Silence does not invoke Miranda right
An arrestee’s silence during police questioning does not constitute an implicit assertion of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
Read More »Members sought for Guardian ad Litem Board
The Minnesota Supreme Court seeks to fill three openings on the newly created State Guardian ad Litem Board.
Read More »Finalists announced for 3rd District bench vacancies
Three finalists have been announced for an 8th Judicial District trial court bench vacancy in Yellow Medicine County.
Read More »People and Practices – June 7, 2010
Michael Goodwin, a 2009 graduate of Hamline University School of Law, is the winner of the Bert W. Levit Essay Contest sponsored by the American Bar Association’s standing committee on professional liability.
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