Minnesota Lawyer

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals breathed new life in a Bair Hugger lawsuit against 3M Co. Plaintiff John Petitta may now pursue his products liability claim in Texas state court, where he had filed suit three years earlier.

Minnesota’s court system could allow expanded camera coverage of criminal proceedings following the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death, under an order released Thursday.

The Minnesota Board of Public Defense on Tuesday agreed to pay a $300,000 settlement to former Chief Hennepin County Defender Mary Moriarty, less than a year after the board voted against renewing her contract after she clashed with the state’s top public defender.

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe challenging the operation of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Gov. Tim Walz’s executive orders restricting business operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic did not amount to “commandeering” private property under the state’s emergency management act, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled.

A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down a state law Friday that allowed for taking blood samples from suspected drunken drivers who are incapacitated, ruling that it is unconstitutional.

In Waconia the construction of a dock garnered controversy. Unfortunately for the city, its own ordinance dashed the hopes of enjoining Jayson and Cristine Dock’s dock.

Prosecutors say the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death should not be granted a new trial because the proceedings were fair and Derek Chauvin was found guilty by an impartial jury, according to a court document filed Wednesday.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with food giants Nestle and Cargill in a lawsuit that claimed they knowingly bought cocoa beans from farms in Africa that used child slave labor.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the law license of a western Wisconsin attorney with a “considerable” disciplinary history, writing that the legal profession has “no place” for his unethical behavior.