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The following articles appeared in issues of Minnesota Defense from January 1980 to the spring of 1989.  These articles are not available online; however, they are available for purchase through the MDLA office. 

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

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