Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 9 opinions matched.

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Docket	Court	Filed	Disposition	Case
No. A12-1944	Minn. Ct. App.	2013-07-22	Granted	Seagate Technology, LLC v. Western Digital Corp.
… took place, Seagate brought motions for sanctions based on respondents’ alleged spoliation and fabrication of evidence. At Western Digital’s urging, the arbitrator deferred consideration of the motions until after the arbitration hearing. A …
No. A09-0244	Minn.	2011-08-03	Granted	Miller v. Lankow
… District Court excluded Miller’s expert witness evidence as a sanction for the spoliation of evidence that resulted from Miller starting to make repairs to his home. The court then granted respondents’ summary judgment motion on the basis …
No. A10-232	Minn. Ct. App.	2010-12-14	Granted	Peterson v. 2004 Ford Crown Victoria Vin: 2FAHP74WX4X158445
… 6, 118 (Minn.1995) (quotations omitted) (excluding expert witness testimony for spoliation of evidence). This includes awarding attorney fees. Frazier v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., 788 N.W.2d 770, 783 (Minn.App.2010), review grante …
A09-1617	Minn. Ct. App.	2010-04-13	Granted	MASTER BLASTER, INC. v. Dammann
… ne; and (4) Pipestone was procedurally disadvan *28 taged due to South Dakota’s spoliation rules. Though the practice of vouching has long been recognized in Minnesota, the relevant Minnesota caselaw — which is not recent — does not fully a …
A09-244	Minn. Ct. App.	2009-12-22	Granted	Miller v. Lankow
… itted clear error in excluding evidence of the mold and moisture intrusion as a spoliation sanction for his repair of the home without sufficient notice to respondents because (1) respondents had notice of the mold and moisture intrusion an …
A08-1556	Minn. Ct. App.	2009-06-23	Granted	Yath v. Fairview Clinics, N. P.
… everal of the district court’s decisions: (1) declining to impose sanctions for spoliation after one defendant deleted com *38 puter files allegedly to hide involvement in the Internet postings; (2) holding that the invasion-of-privacy clai …
A07-0313	Minn.	2009-05-14	Granted	Foss v. Kincade
… e that the bookcase could tip over. As the court of appeals noted, the issue of spoliation of evidence was raised, but not resolved, at the district court level. Foss, 746 N.W.2d at 918 . Although appellate courts generally do not resolve i …
A07-313	Minn. Ct. App.	2008-04-08	Granted	Foss v. Kincade
… asserts that summary judgment should have been denied because of the Kincades’ spoliation of evidence. More than a year before this litigation was initiated, the Kincades disposed of the bookcase that fell on David. Foss asserts that he wa …
C8-93-2546	Minn.	1995-09-29	Granted	Patton v. Newmar Corp.
… n held that dismissal of the action was an excessive sanction for the negligent spoliation of evidence. Patton v. Newmar Corp., 520 N.W.2d 4 (Minn.App.1994). We reverse and reinstate the summary judgment entered in favor of defendant. Only …