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State CourtMinnesota Supreme Court rules Baywood Home Care has to pay more than $1 million for failure to pay overtime
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – Minnesota’s Supreme Court has reversed a ruling from the state's Court of Appeals in a wage dispute case involving a home health care agency.
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State CourtMinnesota high court rules basketball coach is not public official in defamation case
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled a high school basketball coach is not a public official under the defamation standard in a U.S. Supreme Court case and has affirmed in part a ruling in the coach's favor.
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Lawsuits911 surcharge fees are taxes, Minnesota Supreme Court rules in False Claims Act case
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The idea that fees associated with certain telecommunications calls, such as 911 services, are indeed taxes, is what caused Minnesota’s Supreme Court to dismiss a case over allegations companies were purposefully not paying fees and surcharges owed to the state.
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State Supreme CourtWoman fell down steps holding a plant, unable to grab handrail; Minn. SC allows Workers' Comp claim anyway
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A Minnesota Supreme Court majority ruled Aug. 8 that a woman’s workplace injury satisfied the “requisite causal connection between the workplace and her injury.”
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Climate ChangeClimate change activists allowed to use 'necessity' defense after Minn. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal by state
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – Climate change activists in Minnesota will be able to mount a defense that their actions were justified because they were designed to prevent a worse harm.
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State Supreme CourtMinnesota Supreme Court rules trustee cannot sue over legal malpractice allegations in late man's estate
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – An appellate court decision was struck down by the Minnesota Supreme Court on June 27 over its finding that a trustee lacked standing to sue an attorney for legal malpractice during a deceased client’s estate-planning.
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Minnesota Supreme Court says governor's line-item vetoes were constitutional
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The Minnesota Supreme Court determined on Nov. 16 that Minnesota Gov. Mark B. Dayton did not violate the state’s constitution when he exercised his line-item veto power on appropriations made by the Legislature in its biennial budget.
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Products liability claims get a boost from Minnesota's Supreme Court
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The Minnesota Supreme Court last month revived a lawsuit brought by a farm worker who had his legs crushed by a machine - even though he was working on the machine without having read its manual and had received no instruction on how to perform the repair he was attempting.
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Farm worker, legs crushed in accident, gets chance for trial
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsine) – A farm worker whose legs were crushed in an accident has been granted another chance for his case to be heard.
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Workers' Comp claimant's doctor didn't provide credible report, Minn. SC court says
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a medical opinion that helped an injured worker vacate a Workers' Compensation settlement lacked foundation.