An excess insurer is required to plead and prove that the primary insurer’s refusal to accept an offer was made in bad faith according to the Colorado Court of Appeals. In Preferred Professional Insurance Company v. The Doctors Company,...
Attorney Robert McCollum obtained dismissal with prejudice of a claim arising from a fall in a movie theater in Minneapolis. Plaintiff fell while the credits were running after the movie concluded. She attributed her fall to a running light...
Last fall, the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association asked McCollum Crowley attorney Cheryl Hood Langel to write its amicus brief to the Minnesota Supreme Court in a case where the plaintiff claimed that certified mail constituted service of process. The...
Under long-standing precedent, Minnesota businesses have no duty to remove ice and snow from parking lots and walkways until ongoing precipitation ceases. The Minnesota Court of Appeals reiterated this principle in a brief, unpublished opinion. View the St. Aubin v....
On November 17, 2015, the Minnesota Supreme Court granted review of Melillo v. Heitland, a case raising questions about service of process. The issue presented is whether service of process by certified mail, return receipt requested, is sufficient under...
On Friday, May 17, 2013, the Minnesota Senate and House approved a new law regarding civil actions involving child sexual abuse, generally referred to as the Child Victims Act. Governor Mark Dayton is expected to approve the Act and...
Over the years, a very generous and well-known businessman showered Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities with money, more than $200,000 in all. For BBBS, which like most nonprofits struggled to keep its programs funded, it...
Minnesota lawmakers have passed legislation to protect nonprofits and religious groups from the so-called clawback lawsuits that are a crucial tool for recovering funds stolen from Ponzi-scheme victims. That’s the idea behind the bill that now sits on the...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It has been more than two years since Tom Petters was found guilty of running a $3.5 billion Ponzi scheme. But the effort to recover money for Petters’ victims, some of which are in bankruptcy, has...