Many personal injury lawsuits in Minnesota are governed by a two-year statute of limitation restricting the time the suit may be filed. However, a state appellate court recently ruled that Minnesota's whistleblower statute allows a longer six-year time period to file...
Month: January 2015
Future of St. Paul’s Highland Park tract undecided
Rezoning, environmental reclamation and demolition are the issues that accompany the ultimate decision on the use of 122-acre riverside tract in Highland Park in St. Paul, Minnesota. After 19 months of demolition on the site, three years after the motor plant closed...
Rude conduct may not cause Minnesota sexual discrimination
Rude conduct in Minnesota may not constitute a hostile work environment that is sufficient to support a workplace discrimination legal case, according to the U.S. Eight Circuit Court of Appeals. Instead, a victim must establish that discriminatory intimidation,...
Minnesota family takes over Polaroid
The Pohlad family, owners of the Minnesota Twins and one of the state's wealthiest families, announced that it gained majority ownership of the long-troubled Polaroid corporation in a $70 million deal. A federal bankruptcy judge approved the selling of a partial...