Minnesota Lawyer

Nate Bjerke’s career trajectory sounds like the plot of a John Grisham novel.

The COVID pandemic has closed courts and put jury trials on hold for months, with an end not yet in sight. That has led lawyers and health care providers to start discussing innovative ways to resolve cases, said Kathleen Flynn Peterson, a medical malpractice lawyer with Ciresi Conlin.

It has been widely reported that dollar stores are frequently scenes of violence toward and between customers, employees and criminals who target the stores.

Texas attorney Kyle Farrar has no cases in the Lone Star State but several in the North Star State, where he is licensed.

West Virginia reached a $3.9 million settlement last spring with Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit over the company’s marketing of a surgical mesh used to treat pelvic conditions in women, one of a plethora of such lawsuits in the country.

Recently the Supreme Court took a hard look at the doctrine of implied assumption of the risk and decided that it did not bar two plaintiffs from their day in court.

Checked your tires recently? After reading what Paul Godlewski says, you will.

It’s a truism that only metro-area juries will award substantial sums for pain and suffering.

Woodbury attorney Bill Harper had a good year in 2020 but as is so often the case, he can’t talk about many of his cases. But that means they are serious.

In 2019, Paula Jossart brought to conclusion three cases against BNSF Railway Co. under the Federal Employers Liability Act. It was a David and Goliath situation and David prevailed.