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Opinions in Minnesota that cite Pietrzak v. Eggen, 295 N.W.2d 504.
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Jill Marie Kalisch, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
To recover future medical expenses, “the plaintiff has the burden of proving future damages to a reasonable certainty.”
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A22-0724
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
6 The jury instructions also stated that the amounts awarded as damages must be proved with “reasonable certainty.” (“In a civil action the plaintiff has the burden of proving future damages to a reasonable certainty.”).
- Wayne E. Hukriede, et al., Appellants, Minn. Ct. App. 2023
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Elm Creek Courthome Association, Inc., Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2022
d 504, 507 (Minn. 1980).
- Nicholas Houchins, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2019
- Steven Brown, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2018
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Herbert B. Fick, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2018
“In a civil action the plaintiff has the burden of proving future damages to a reasonable certainty” to ensure that “there is no recovery for damages which are remote, speculative, or conjectural.”
- Aaron Larson v. BNSF Railway Company Minn. Ct. App. 2016
- Aaron Larson v. BNSF Railway Company Minn. Ct. App. 2016
- Dickhoff ex rel. Dickhoff v. Green 836 N.W.2d 321 Minn. 2013
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Dickhoff ex rel. Dickhoff v. Green
836 N.W.2d 321
Minn. 2013
And, as we have explained many times, in the case of future damages, a plaintiff like Jocelyn at all times retains the burden of proving such damages "to a reasonable certainty.”
- Renswick v. Wenzel 819 N.W.2d 198 Minn. Ct. App. 2012
- Criticized Renswick v. Wenzel 819 N.W.2d 198 Minn. Ct. App. 2012
- Willis v. Indiana Harbor Steamship Co. 790 N.W.2d 177 Minn. Ct. App. 2010
- Willis v. Indiana Harbor Steamship Co. 790 N.W.2d 177 Minn. Ct. App. 2010
- Ray v. Miller Meester Advertising, Inc. 684 N.W.2d 404 Minn. 2004
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Ray v. Miller Meester Advertising, Inc.
684 N.W.2d 404
Minn. 2004
See, -08 (Minn.1980) (holding that the jury should have been instructed on future medical expenses as a component of special damages); Hake v. Soo Line Ry.
- Bryson v. Pillsbury Co. 573 N.W.2d 718 Minn. Ct. App. 1998
- Bryson v. Pillsbury Co. 573 N.W.2d 718 Minn. Ct. App. 1998
- Hewitt v. Apollo Group 490 N.W.2d 898 Minn. Ct. App. 1992
- Hewitt v. Apollo Group 490 N.W.2d 898 Minn. Ct. App. 1992
- Mueller v. Sigmond 486 N.W.2d 841 Minn. Ct. App. 1992
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Mueller v. Sigmond
486 N.W.2d 841
Minn. Ct. App. 1992
A party is entitled to a future damages instruction if “she has shown that such damage is more likely to occur than not.”
- Lind v. Slowinski 450 N.W.2d 353 Minn. Ct. App. 1990
- Lind v. Slowinski 450 N.W.2d 353 Minn. Ct. App. 1990
- Tate v. Scanlan International, Inc. 403 N.W.2d 666 Minn. Ct. App. 1987
- Tate v. Scanlan International, Inc. 403 N.W.2d 666 Minn. Ct. App. 1987
- Kwapien v. Starr 400 N.W.2d 179 Minn. Ct. App. 1987
- Kwapien v. Starr 400 N.W.2d 179 Minn. Ct. App. 1987
- Krueger v. Nordstrom 367 N.W.2d 671 Minn. Ct. App. 1985
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Krueger v. Nordstrom
367 N.W.2d 671
Minn. Ct. App. 1985
in favor of her requested instruction.
- Saide v. Stanton 659 P.2d 35 Ariz. 1983