Cited by
Opinions in Minnesota that cite Papenhausen v. Schoen, 268 N.W.2d 565.
- Brett Cournoyer, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2026
- Benchmark Investments, LLC, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2025
-
Sharon Falknor, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
See, (holding medical chief’s evaluations based on his personal examination of circumstances was an “indisputably discretionary activity”).
- Robert R. Schroeder Construction, Inc. v. Minnesota Department of Transportation v. W. ... Minn. Ct. App. 2023
- Robert R. Schroeder Construction, Inc. v. Minnesota Department of Transportation v. W. ... Minn. Ct. App. 2023
-
Eric Aaron, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
d 565, 571 (Minn. 1978).
- Osborne v. Twin Town Bowl, Inc. 749 N.W.2d 367 Minn. 2008
- WDSI, INC. v. County of Steele 672 N.W.2d 617 Minn. Ct. App. 2003
-
WDSI, INC. v. County of Steele
672 N.W.2d 617
Minn. Ct. App. 2003
While “governmental function” is not defined in the MGDPA, Minnesota courts, in the context of tort liability, have held that the test for a governmental function is “whether the act is for the common good of all without the element of special corporate benefit or pecuniary profit.” See, -70 (Minn.1978) (holding *621 operation of state hospital governmental function); Heitman v. Lake City, 225 Minn. 117, 120 , (holding operation of boat harbor not governmental function).
- Norton v. County of Le Sueur 565 N.W.2d 447 Minn. Ct. App. 1997
-
Norton v. County of Le Sueur
565 N.W.2d 447
Minn. Ct. App. 1997
46^47 (Minn.1996); -24 (Minn.1982) (decision to release dangerous youth protected because decision implicated various policy considerations); -72 (Minn.1978) (decision by members of parole board to medically parole mentally ill prisoner, who then raped a woman, was protected because it required “discretionary judgment”).
- Johnson v. State 553 N.W.2d 40 Minn. 1996
- Johnson v. State 553 N.W.2d 40 Minn. 1996
- Oslin v. State 543 N.W.2d 408 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
- Oslin v. State 543 N.W.2d 408 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
- Johnson v. State 536 N.W.2d 328 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Johnson v. State 536 N.W.2d 328 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- S.L.D. v. Kranz 498 N.W.2d 47 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
-
S.L.D. v. Kranz
498 N.W.2d 47
Minn. Ct. App. 1993
It is sometimes difficult to categorize an act as discretionary or ministerial, see Larson, d at 120 ; however, the distinction serves the policy behind the official immunity doctrine.
- Koelln v. Nexus Residential Treatment Facility 494 N.W.2d 914 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
-
Koelln v. Nexus Residential Treatment Facility
494 N.W.2d 914
Minn. Ct. App. 1993
the state was held immune from suit for a decision to grant a “medical parole” of a mentally ill rapist from a prison to an open state hospital, where he escaped and raped a woman.
- Rap v. Bjp 428 N.W.2d 103 Minn. Ct. App. 1988
- R.A.P. v. B.J.P. 428 N.W.2d 103 Minn. Ct. App. 1988
- R.A.P. v. B.J.P. 428 N.W.2d 103 Minn. Ct. App. 1988
- Rap v. Bjp 428 N.W.2d 103 Minn. Ct. App. 1988
- Elwood v. County of Rice 423 N.W.2d 671 Minn. 1988
-
Elwood v. County of Rice
423 N.W.2d 671
Minn. 1988
The distinction between “discretionary” and “ministerial” duties has been subject to “enigmatic application and occasional breakdown.”
- Holmquist v. State 409 N.W.2d 243 Minn. Ct. App. 1987
-
Holmquist v. State
409 N.W.2d 243
Minn. Ct. App. 1987
* * * [T]he exclusion has been ‘subject to enigmatic application and occasional breakdown’.” Ostendorf at 837 ().
- Bush v. City of Lakefield 399 N.W.2d 169 Minn. Ct. App. 1987
- Bush v. City of Lakefield 399 N.W.2d 169 Minn. Ct. App. 1987
- Diedrich v. State 393 N.W.2d 677 Minn. Ct. App. 1986
-
Diedrich v. State
393 N.W.2d 677
Minn. Ct. App. 1986
the plaintiff was assaulted and raped by an escapee from the Anoka State Hospital.
- Seafirst Commercial Corp. v. Speakman 384 N.W.2d 895 Minn. Ct. App. 1986
- Seafirst Commercial Corp. v. Speakman 384 N.W.2d 895 Minn. Ct. App. 1986
- Ostendorf v. Kenyon 347 N.W.2d 834 Minn. Ct. App. 1984
- Ostendorf v. Kenyon 347 N.W.2d 834 Minn. Ct. App. 1984
- Cairl v. State 323 N.W.2d 20 Minn. 1982
- Cairl v. State 323 N.W.2d 20 Minn. 1982
- Finch v. Wemlinger 310 N.W.2d 66 Minn. 1981
-
Finch v. Wemlinger
310 N.W.2d 66
Minn. 1981
In Minnesota, the plaintiff must prove as an element of his case that the defendants acted maliciously and willfully.
- Larson Ex Rel. Larson v. Independent School District No. 314, Braham 289 N.W.2d 112 Minn. 1979
-
Larson Ex Rel. Larson v. Independent School District No. 314, Braham
289 N.W.2d 112
Minn. 1979
Classifying a person’s acts as “discretionary” or “ministerial” is often difficult and, such a distinction has been subject to enigmatic application and occasional breakdown.
- Stein v. Regents of the University of Minnesota 282 N.W.2d 552 Minn. 1979
-
Stein v. Regents of the University of Minnesota
282 N.W.2d 552
Minn. 1979
Recently, which involved possible liability for pre-Au-gust 1, 1976, conduct, we were asked to determine whether operation of a state mental hospital was a proprietary or a governmental function.
- Harrington v. County of Ramsey 279 N.W.2d 791 Minn. 1979
- Harrington v. County of Ramsey 279 N.W.2d 791 Minn. 1979