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MDLA Minnesota Defense Index MINNESOTA DEFENSE - ARTICLES January 1980 Legislative Preview 1980 May 1980 Legislative Wrap-Up November 1980 Captive Insurance -- John M. Degnan Workers Compensation Vol. 3, No. 1 -- 1982 Offer + Acceptance = Judgment -- Candice Hektner Are Unimpeded Medical Exams a Thing of the Past? -- Charles H. Becker Vol. 3, No. 2 -- 1982 Resolution of No-Fault Issues: Arbitration and Alternatives -- Theodore J. Smetak Legislative Wrap-Up -- Law Improvement Committee Fall 1982 Pre-Suit Perpetuation of Evidence Based Upon Equity and Rule 27 -- Richard J. Chadwick Defending Against the Application of Collateral Estoppel in Product Liability Cases -- James A. O'Neal Minnesota Adopts Pure Comparative Fault Against Employers in Lambertson-type Cases -- Wayne D. Tritbough Winter 1983 CGL Coverage in Light of Bor-Son v. Employees Commercial Union -- Charles E. Spevacek Uniform Medical Information Release Form for Minnesota -- Richard J. Chadwick The Cost of Videotaped Depositions -- Mark N. Stageberg Summer 1983 Chiropractic Cross-Examination -- Thomas D. Jensen The Use of Videotape Depositions -- J. Richard Bland New Appellate Rules -- G. Alan Cunningham Fall 1983 Ethical Considerations in Discovery -- Michael J. Hoover Structured Settlements: An Overview -- Thomas J. Faulhaber Winter 1984 Underinsured Motorist Coverage in Minnesota, Post-Repeal and Post-Safeco: Strategies for Handling Underinsured Motorist Claims -- Eric J. Magnuson and David J. Moskol MDLA Position Paper for Repeal of Minn. Stat. Sec. 549.20 -- Law Improvement Committee Spring 1984 Plaintiff’s Expert: Obtaining An Order to Compel His Deposition -- Richard J. Thomas Using the Structured Settlement Annuity Expert to Combat the Plaintiff’s Economist in Catastrophic Injury Cases -- Richard N. Jeffries Claim Processing and the Tort of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress --Willard L. Converse Summer 1984 Thermography—Ideas for Cross-Examination -- Mark N. Stageberg and Ted E. Sullivan Caught in the Middle: The Liability of Non-Manufacturers under Minn. Stat. Sec. 544.41 -- John S. Beckmann Legislature Expands Pre-Judgment Interest -- Thomas A. Pearson Fall 1984 If It’s Not Broken, Why Fix It: (Products Liablity and Evidence of Subsequent Remedial Measures) -- Gary J. Gordon Spring 1985 The Minnesota Unfair Claims Practices Act -- Thomas D. Jensen Winter 1986 Recent Developments in Minnesota Products Liability Law -- George W. Soule and Cynthia J. Atsatt Background on Arbitrator’s Affidavit -- Jerome R. Klukas Trial Court Rejects Indefinite Tolling of Medical Malpractice Statute -- Regina M. Chu Spring 1986 Loan Receipts and Other Fancy Settlement Agreements: Making Them Into Two-Edged Swords -- Eric J. Magnuson Tort Reform: Scratching the Surface as a Start -- Phillip A. Cole Enforcement of Settlement Agreements: "A Deal is a Deal" -- Richard N. Jeffries Summer 1986 Limitations on Governmental Liability in Minnesota Law; Recent Developments -- Michael C. Lindberg The MDLA: A Specialty Certifying Agency? -- Mary Jo Ruff Oral Argument: Why? How? -- Judge Myron H. Bright Fall 1986 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983: Keeping Pace with New Decisions and Litigation Strategies -- Clifford M. Greene Chief Judge Donald P. Lay: Reflections on Appellate Judging After Twenty Years on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals -- Charles E. Lundberg Update on Arbitrator’s Affidavit -- Theodore J. Smetak Winter 1987 Defense Strategies for Handling UM and UIM Arbitrations -- Mark N. Stageberg Steering a Civil Appeal from the District of Minnesota through the Eighth Circuit -- David J. Maland Fall 1987 The Reasonable Expectations Doctrine in Minnesota -- Lawrence J. Skoglund and Roderick D. Blanchard The Learned Treatise Exception to the Hearsay Rule -- Phillip A. Cole Arbitration and Tort Reform Act: Are They Mutually Exclusive? -- Theodore J. Smetak Spring 1988 Returning Negligence Principles to the Trial of Failure to Warn Claims in Minnesota -- George W. Soule Certified Copies of Insurance Policies -- Michael J. Ford Winter 1989 A Never-Ending Duty? An Analysis of Legal Duty in Preconception Tort Claims -- Robert A. Awsumb and Craig M. Roen The Duty to Defend Discrimination Claims -- Joseph J. Roby, Jr. Spring 1989 Protecting Discovery by Copyright -- Robert J. Jacobson Failure to Warn Update -- Frederick L. Grunke Instructing the Jury on the Impact of Taxes on the Verdict -- Michael J. Ford Spring 1990 When is the Beginning of the End? Applying the Statute of Limitations to Medical Malpractice Claims -- David C. Hutchinson The Minnesota Supreme Court Refuses to Extend Corporate Successor Liability -- Richard A. Koehler Suitable for Framing -- Michael J. Ford Summer 1990 Sartori v. Harnischfeger Corporation: Paving the Way for Repose in Products Liability Actions Improvement to Real Property: Defending Actions Under Minn. Stat. Sec. 541.051 -- Barbara A. Hatch and Lawrence R. King Closing Arguments -- Thomas M. Conlin Fall 1990 Environmental and Infections Agents in the Work Environment: A Personal Reconciliation of Recent Work-Related Cases -- Gary C. Reiter Developments in Products Liability Evidence -- Michael A. Klutho and Kevin P. Hickey Interview: Judge Patrick W. Fitzgerald -- Steven J. Pfefferle Winter 1991 Use and Abuse of the Collateral Source Statute -- Sally J. Ferguson The Worm Turns: Claims by the Alleged Perpetrator in Sexual Harassment Situations -- Frederick E. Finch and Nancy Lee Nelson Civil Liability of Employers for the Wrongful Acts of Employees -- Mary R. Watson Voir Dire -- Steven J. Kirsch Spring 1991 ADR-What is It? When Should You Use It? -- Nancy A. Welsh National Practitioner Data Bank: What the Defense Should Know -- Elizabeth A. Snelson Interview: Tom Heffelfinger -- Steven J. Pfefferle The Expert Review Statute: Minn. Stat. Sec. 145.682 -- Kathryn H. Davis Summer 1991 Litigation and Settlement of Third Party Workers’ Compensation Actions After Folstad v. Elder The Art of Self Defense: Risk Management for the Defense Attorney -- Timothy J. Gephart An Interview with Chief Judge D. D. Wozniak -- Steven J. Pfefferle Civil Trial Specialization: Certification Update -- Richard P. Mahoney Winter 1992 Strict Liability for Unsophisticated Plaintiffs: Minnesota’s Legislative Response to Hapka v. Paquin Farms -- Kenneth P. Gleason Problems With and Solutions for Claims Under Minn. Stat. Sec. 176.82 -- Katherine L. MacKinnon Should Paralegals Be Allowed to Become Members of MDLA? Pro & Con -- Michael J. Ford and Richard J. Thomas Spring 1992 Serving Two Masters: The Defense Counsel’s Dilemma -- Katherine A. McBride The Occurrence Clause: Issues of Expectation, Intent, and Conscious Control of Risks -- Erik J. Askegaard Practical Fallout and Consequences of the 1992 Legislature -- Richard J. Thomas The Learned Treatise Exception Revisited: The Defense Perspective -- John H. Scherer and Michael J. Rajkowski Summer 1992 Between the Rock and the Customer: Trends in independent Agent Errors and Omissions Litigation -- James O. Redman Minnesota Products Liability Law: 1986-1992 -- George W. Soule and Sheryl A. Bjork An Interview with Chief Justice A. M. "Sandy" Keith -- Steven J. Pfefferle Diversity and Removal Jurisdiction: How to Minimize the Home Court Advantage -- William L. Moran Fall 1992 Sexual Abuse Claims: When Does the Limitation Period Run? -- Katherine H. Davis and Kevin P. Hickey Minnesota Federal District Court Interprets CERCLA Liability in Light of Bankruptcy Code -- Let’s Keep Legal Representation on the Books -- Michael J. Ford Winter 1993 Residential Property Owner’s Duty to Protect Tenants from Criminal Acts of Unknown Third Persons -- Patricia Terhaar Rosvold and Reid R. Lindquist Merchants of Goods of the Kind—Minnesota’s New Interpretation of the Economic Loss Doctrine -- Hal A. Shillingstad Ending Gender Inequity -- John H. Scherer Spring/Summer 1993 Combating Unreliable Expert Testimony -- Mark S. Olson and Susan K. Wiens Partial Settlements: Insurance Coverage -- Rebecca Egge Moos, Mark R. Whitmore and John M. Bjorkman Weekly Wage Calculations in Workers’ Compensation Cases: Inserting Flap A Into Slot B Fall 1993 Daubert and Its Aftermath -- Mark S. Olson Are You Covered? Recent Developments Regarding Insurance for Environmental Claims -- Robert B. Jaskowiak The Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects Bystander’s Emotional Distress Claim -- Louise A. Dovre Winter 1994 Fibromyalgia: Litigating a Medical Controversy -- Debra McBride Remarriage and Wrongful Death Damages: Long Separated but Ripe for Reconciliation -- Cortney G. Sylvester Attorney’s Fees in Insurance Declaratory Judgment Actions -- Kenneth P. Gleason Continuing Developments Regarding Insurance for Environmental Claims -- John M. Anderson and Michael A. Klutho Spring 1994 Are You Covered? Further Developments in Environmental Insurance Coverage Law -- Leon R. Erstad Taking the Offensive: How Summary Judgment Practice Can Lead Your File Preparation -- Thomas R. Thibodeau and David M. Johnson Weekly Wage Calculations in Workers’ Compensation Cases, Part Two -- Richard C. Nelson and Christine L. Tuft Summer 1994 New Limitations (Or a New Expression of Old Limitations) on the Role of Deponent’s Counsel at the Deposition -- Jacqueline M. Moen Loy-Teigen Releases in Minnesota Following the Decisions of the Minnesota Supreme Court in Drake v. Ryan -- Paul D. Peterson Fall 1994 Managing the Insured Worker: The Interplay Between Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disability Act and Workers’ Compensation -- John E. Murray Application of the U.C.C. Statute of Limitations to Breach of Warranty Actions for Contribution and Indemnity -- Scott P. Drawe Are You Covered? Environmental Insurance Coverage Law Continues to Develop -- Marcia Harris and Larry King Recent Developments in Uninsured Motorist Coverage -- Angela Williams, Reid Lindquist and Winter 1995 Fields of (Plaintiff’s) Dress: Litigation of Electromagnetic Filed Claims -- Eric E. Strobel The Lead Paint Legacy: Defense and Insurance Coverage of Lead-Based Litigation -- Marcia Harris and Larry King Defamation in the Workplace -- David John Hoekstra Spring 1995 Go Ahead and "Naig"! The Employer’s Options When Faced With a Potential Settlement by the Employee -- Shamus P. O’Meara Defending Fear of Cancer, Increased Risk of Cancer and Medical Monitoring Claims in Minnesota Summer 1995 Justice John E. Simonett’s Legacy of Wisdom and Common Sense: A Defense Lawyer’s Perspective -- Richard L. Pemberton, Jr. A Statistical Analysis of Minnesota No-Fault Claims -- Michael J. Ford Insurance Policies to Become Collateral Under Article 9 -- Cassandra K. Ward Fall 1995 Seeing (Feeling and Hearing) is Believing: Effective and Creative Use of Demonstrative Evidence at Trial – or – The Exhibits Kept Me Awake -- Marcia M. Kull and Kim M. Schmid Environmental Audit Privilege Legislation in Minnesota: A Step Forward in the War Against Grime Winter 1996 The Role of the Vocational Expert -- Christopher D. Robinson Strategic Considerations for Counsel Representing Third Party Defendants After a Naig Settlement Tips for Representing Parties in No-Fault Arbitration Proceedings -- Michael J. Ford Spring 1996 1995 Amendments to Workers’ Compensation Act: The "Pit & the Pendulum" -- Thomas F. Coleman, Lisa F. Kinney and Jane McMahon Avoiding Insurer Bad Faith in Minnesota -- Michael D. Carr Simplification: A Proposal for Reform of the Post-Lamberton System -- Janet Stellpflug 1996 Minnesota Legislative Recap -- Richard Thomas and Richard Mahoney MDLA Membership Survey Summary/Comments Summer 1996 Minnesota’s Choice-of-Law Dinosaur: Still in the Jurassic Period When It Comes to Statutes of Limitation -- Willard L. Converse and Pamela Converse Erin The Proper and Improper Use of Objections: How to Conduct Purposeful and Strategic Depositions -- Michael J. Ford A Summary of Minnesota Law on Punitive Damages -- Richard A. Koehler Fall 1996 Professionalism in Settlement Negotiations -- Erik J. Askegaard When Does a Code Violation Constitute Negligence Per Se in a Tenant’s Action Against a Landlord After Bills v. Willow Run I Apartments? -- Mark A. Fredrickson and Glen M. Goldman Preserving and Defeating Hospital and DHS Liens -- Melinda M. Sanders Minnesota Law of Indemnity in Construction Contracts: Two Steps Closer to Clarity -- Mark A. Bloomquist Winter 1997 Negligent Hiring in Minnesota: Emerging Limitations to Liability Under the Doctrine of Negligent Hiring -- David J. Hoekstra Automobile Liability Insurance for Customers of Garages and Car Dealerships: Are You Sure You are Covered? -- Barret W. S. Lane MDLA History – Part I -- Michael S. Ryan Spring 1997 Jury Trials in Declaratory Judgment Actions -- Leon R. Erstad Evidence of a Defendant’s Financial Condition: Is It an Essential Element of a Punitive Damages Claim in Minensota? -- Eric Magnuson and Glen Goldman CDR: All That ADR Should Be -- John M. Degnan and John Brian III MDLA History – Part II -- Michael S. Ryan Fall 1997 But I Don’t Want this Judge! -- Stephen O. Plunkett and Jack G. Rice Documenting Settlements: A Practitioner’s Perspective -- Michael J. Ford MN Workers’ Compensation Subrogation and Employer Liability at a Glance -- Michael D. Carr Winter 1998 Amicus Curiae Update -- MDLA Amicus Committee Statutes of Limitations at a Glance (Personal Injury, Subrogation and Workers’ Compensation) The Promotion of Professionalism on a Broader Scale -- Julius Gernes, MDLA Professionalism Committee Spring 1998 Limiting Expert Witness Discovery -- Craig Hunter The Contractor’s Obligation to Insure: We Know it Exists, But When Does it End? -- Steve Pfefferle and Anthony Kane Statute of Limitations at a Glance -- (Employment) -- David Nirenstein Summer 1998 Workplace Assaults, Employment Law and the Assault Exception to Minnesota’s Workers’ Compensation Statute -- David J. Hoekstra Subrogation and the Combined Work Force -- Joseph W. Waller No-Fault Claims: An Arbitrator’s Perspective -- Michael J. Ford Recent Developments in Fear of Cancer, Increased Risk of Cancer and Medical Monitoring Claims -- Richard J. Leighton 1998 Legislative Update -- Richard J. Thomas and Dale B. Lindman Fall 1998 Handling Employee Terminations -- David O. Nirenstein The Legal Rights of Tribal Entities in Minnesota -- Richard A. Lind and Jolene D. Vicchiollo The Bruggeman Doctrine: Legal Fiction or Just Fiction? -- Thomas F. Ascher Application of Subrogation Waiver in Light of Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. A.C.C.T., Inc. Winter 1999 Invasion of Privacy – The Supreme Court Recognizes a New Cause of Action -- Victor E. Lund Insurance Coverage for Employment Claims Under CGL Policies -- Sarah E. Morris Spring 1999 Effective Employee Hiring and Screening: Complying with Anti-Discrimination Law while Hiring the Right Employee -- David Nirenstein 1999 Legislative Update -- Richard J. Thomas and Thomas Marshall Understanding the Contractual Indemnity Quagmire: Analyzing Contractual Indemnity at a Glance Minnesota No-Fault: 1998 Arbitration Statistics -- Karen Imus Johnson Summer 1999 The Y2K Bug – Issues Facing the Insurance Industry -- Victor E. Lund Pre-Litigation Pierringer Releases: Keeping the Contribution/Indemnity Door Closed -- Bradley D. Hendrickson Fall 1999 Rules for Practice in General -- Justice John E. Simonett Workers’ Compensation: Just the Basics -- William G. Laak A New Lawyer’s Guide to the Minnesota Automobile Insurance System, Part 1 -- Jeannie Provo-Peterson Winter 2000 A New Lawyer’s Guide to the Minnesota Automobile Insurance System, Part 2 -- Jeannie Provo-Peterson ERISA Preemption of "Managed Care" Claims and Proposed Legislation to Increase the Liability of HMOs -- Cecilie Morris Loidolt Supervision of Staff and the Sharing of Information -- Michael J. Ford Legislative Preview – 2000 Session -- Sandy L. Neren Spring 2000 The Restatement (Third) of Torts and the Proof of a Reasonable Alternative Design, Part 1 of 2 Introduction to the Revised UCC Article 9 – Secured Transactions -- Cassandra Ward Brown Road Rage – Coverage? -- Victor Lund Summer 2000 The Restatement (Third) of Torts and the Proof of a Reasonable Alternative Design, Part 2 of 2 Local Government’s Authority to Regulate the Sitting of Wireless Communications Facilities -- 2000 Legislative Session Report -- Richard J. Thomas and Thomas Marshall Workers’ Compensation Subrogation and Employer Liability Statutory Changes for the New Millenium -- Michael D. Carr Fall 2000 Legislative Changes to the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Act -- Mark J. Freeman Enforceability of the Criminal Act Exclusion in Today’s Homeowner’s Policy -- Megan L. Deering Winter 2001 CIVJIG 91.40 – A Misguided Jury Instruction Guide -- David C. Hutchinson and Mary H. Alcorn A Primer on OSHA’s Final Ergonomics Program Standards -- Kathleen S. Bray Spring 2001 Spoliation of Evidence -- Sean J. Mickelson Admissibility of Novel Scientific Evidence: The Minnesota Supreme Court's Verdict -- Victor E. Lund and Michael DeKruif An Associate's First Client -- Michael J. Ford Summer 2001 An Overview of the Traditional Law of Copyrights, Trademarks & Patents -- Michael M. Lafeber, John B. Lunseth III, Gerald E. Helget, and Nelson Capes 2001 Legislative Report -- Sandy Neren Multidisciplinary Practice: Where Is It Heading? -- Rebecca Egge Moos Fall 2001 The Mysterious "Coverage B": A Primer on CGL Personal and Advertising Injury Coverage -- Britton D. Weimer Dram Shop 101: Liquor Liability for New Attorneys -- Steven D. Pattee We are Lucky to Enjoy the Opportunity to Serve: An Interview Winter 2002 The Future of Medical Monitoring Claims in Minnesota -- Courtney Ward-Reichard Disability Discrimination -- The Impact of Hoover v. Norwest Private Banking -- James R. Andreen Spring 2002 New Definition of "Sexual Harassment" May Lead to Strict Liability -- Matthew E. Johnson Defending the Fortress -- Guarding Your Client's Trade Secrets in Minnesota -- Steve Laitenen and Carrie A. Daniel Summer 2002 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: Understanding the Impact of New Federal Privacy Protections for Medical Records -- Christopher R. Morris A Word About Client Law Firm Practice -- Michael J. Ford Fall 2002 Defense Considerations in Mold Litigation: Investigation, Causation, Mitigation & Remediation -- Dale O. Thornsjo and Shamus P. O'Meara Diversity in MDLA: Statement of Principle Winter 2003 Defense Considerations in Mold Litigation: Investigation, Causation, Mitigation & Remediation (Part II) -- Dale O. Thornsjo and Shamus P. O'Meara WHY ROCK THE BOAT? The Status of the Tripartite Relationship between Insured, Insurer and Insurance Defense Counsel in the Wake of Pine Island Farmers Coop v. Erstad & Riemer, P.A., 649 N.W.2d 444 (Minn. 2002) -- Chandelle L. Heyer and Bryan B. Carroll Spring 2003 Defending Class Actions: New Strategies to Defeat Certification Rule Changes Affecting Settlement Agreements with Minors or Incompetent Persons -- Anthony J. Kane Summer 2003 Choosing Statutes of Limitations: A Good Place for More Interest in Conflicts of Law -- Cortney G. Sylvester Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage Law -- Sarah E. Morris 2003 Legislative Report -- Sandy Neren Fall 2003 Suing "Big Food" in Minnesota: How a Suit Against Fast Food Might Play Out Under the Minnesota Consumer Fraud Statutes -- Nathan O. Krahn Writing to Win? Avoiding Common Substantive Legal Writing Mishaps can Make the Difference -- Chad J. Hintz Silicone Implant Insurance Coverage Litigation Update -- Sean J. Mickelson A Lawyer's Guide to Cross-Cultural Depositions -- Nina Ivanichvili Prior Bad Acts: Keeping Your Client's Skeletons Where They Belong -- in the Closet -- Stephen P. Laitinen and Jennifer G. Daughterty Winter 2004 Expert Witnesses in the Product Liability Landscape -- Anton J. van der Merwe Minnesota Products Liability Law 1992-2003, Part I -- George W. Soule, Kevin Curry and Amy B. Pinske Spring 2004 The 3M Silicone Implant Case -- What is the Impact for Construction Cases -- James F. Mewborn Law Firm Liability for Disclosing Patient Medical Records to an Expert Witness -- Chad J. Hintz Minnesota Products Liability Law 1992-2003, Part II -- George W. Soule, Kevin Curry and Amy B. Pinske Summer 2004 Defendant's Shield Becomes a Sword: Challenging Post-Traumatic Fibromyalgia Claims in Minnesota Courts -- Mark A. Fredrickson and Jessica R. Wymore 2004 Legislative Report -- Sandy Neren Discovery of Electronic Evidence in Civil Litigation: A Defense Perspective -- David H. Schultz and Michele C. S. Lange Fall 2004 Caught on Tape -- Are Surveillance Films Discoverable in Minnesota? -- Kenneth A. Kimber Wisconsin Discovery Primer -- Edward E. Beckmann A Bump in the Road: Ascertaining Damages in Transportation Cases -- Sara M. Bottleson and Anthony J. Novak
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