Mankato, MN
Workers compensation Lawyer at Mankato, MN
Practice Areas: Workers Compensation, Business, Employment & Labor
OUTCOME: Settlement resolving all claims of my client
My client, a probate estate, alleged that its accountant stole $115,000 from the estate's funds. I obtained an emergency court order to freeze the financial assets of the accounting firm and its princ ... ipals. After expedited favorable discovery, the matter settled for a confidential amount.
OUTCOME: All claims for the sought workers' compensation benefits were denied.
Injured worker brought a claim for benefits totaling over $500,000, alleging that those benefits were due her as a result of 2 admitted injuries and one denied injury. We represented the employer and ... argued that the two admitted injuries were temporary conditions not warranting further benefits and that the denied injury never happened. The matter proceeded to trial before a compensation judge of the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings.
OUTCOME: Successful disolution with over $6 million in creditors' claims resolved.
Represented a privately held company which, due to unforeseen extremes in commodity markets, was unable to meet its debts and its contracts. Guided the company's shareholders, together with two sister ... companies, through dissolution proceedings in state district court.
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment in favor of my client.
My client was a Minnesota corporation in dissolution proceedings. It was sued via a third party complaint by Katolight Corp. for allegedly contributing to a hog barn fire. However, Katolight Corp. ha ... d missed the applicable time in which to file a claim in the dissolution proceeding against my client. As a result, we brought a motion for summary judgment, arguing that Katolight Corp. could not maintain its claims against my dissolving client. The district court agreed, and entered summary judgment in my client's favor based on the Minnesota Business Corporations Act's dissoultion provisions.
OUTCOME: Dismissal in favor of my client.
Swehla Trucking, Inc., a contractor for my client, Town of Dunbar, claimed the Town breached its contract with Swehla. Following a court trial, the District Court found no breach of contract to have o ... ccurred and dismissed Swehla's Complaint.
OUTCOME: Payment to my client in full of judgment for defamation of him and his business.
Mr. Burns, my client, sued Ms. Berger for defamation of him and his development business. After obtaining a judgment against Ms. Berger, suit was initiated to set aside transfers of certain real estat ... e assets of Ms. Berger which my client claimed she fraudulently transferred during the course of the defamation litigation. After facts were established in discovery supporting our claims, the defendants agreed to pay the judgment due plus our costs and disbursements.
OUTCOME: Dismissal in favor of my client.
Ms. Pfeffer, a former employee of my client, Palmer Bus Service of North Central, Minnesota sued my client in state court for a violation of the Minnesota Whistleblowers' Act. After discovery establis ... hed that no violation of the Act occurred in her termination from employment, the case was voluntarily dismissed by Ms. Pfeffer. A companion administrative complaint with OSHA for violations of the federal Surface Transportation Assistance Act was also dismissed.
OUTCOME: Dismissal in favor of my client was affirmed.
Ms. Schmitt claimed that my client, Lunchtime Solutions, Inc. violated the Minnesota Whistleblowers' Act when it refused to hire her. The Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed the district court which f ... ound that Ms. Schmitt was not entitled to the protection of the Act.
OUTCOME: Order prohibiting release of my client's trade secret information entered.
Nutrition Services Inc., my client, sued the Region 9 Development Commission to prevent the release of trade secret information submitted as part of a contract proposal, to competitors of my client. W ... e alleged that the Minnesota Data Practices Act prohibited the release of our submitted information. The District Court agreed and granted our motion for summary judgment and issued an order prohibiting the release of my client's trade secret information.
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