An Alford plea is a conditional guilty plea, which allows the defendant to maintain his or her innocence outright, but...
OWLK Shareholder Michael M. Skram is presenting online at the Minnesota CLE’s 2020 Motor Vehicle Accident Desk book Seminar...
Late last year, the Minnesota Supreme Court held in Fish v. Ramler Trucking, Inc. , 935 N.W.2d 738 (2019)...
Recently, the Minnesota Supreme Court decided Getz v. Peace, --- N.W.2d ---, A18-0121 (Minn. Oct. 16, 2019), and affirmed the...
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in Fish v. Ramler Trucking, Inc. , A18-0143, in which the court will...
According to the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety, starting on August 1, Minnesota drivers must drop their cell phones when...
OLWK Attorney Mike Skram was asked to contribute to the 2019 Deskbook Seminar for Minnesota CLE’s “ Motor Vehicle...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals was recently asked in a personal injury case to predict whether the Minnesota Supreme Court...
In Minnesota, mandatory “uninsured motorist coverage” includes coverage for bodily injury caused by “hit-and-run motor...
In 2017, the Minnesota Supreme Court has grappled with the issue of foreseeability in a variety of tort cases. In particular, the...
In an unpublished case decided April 17, 2017, the Minnesota Court of Appeals clarified that individuals entitled to no-fault...
It has become more and more common for medical, diagnostic, and chiropractic providers to require patients to assign their...
In Buskey et al. v. American Legion Post #270 , an unpublished decision, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed its stance that...
For years, insurers who chose not to do business in Minnesota did not need to conform their polices to Minnesota's No-Fault Act,...
In Ronning v. State Farm , A16-0538, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled in a published decision that insureds who fail to sue...
O'Meara, Leer, Wagner and Kohl is proud to announce that three of the Firm's shareholders –Shamus P. O'Meara, Timothy J. Leer...
Six years ago, the Minnesota Supreme Court held in Swanson v. Brewster , 784 N.W.2d 264 (Minn. 2010) , that negotiated-discount...
In Hegseth v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co. , A14-1139, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that the statute of limitations for excess...
In Founders Ins. Co. v. Yates , the Minnesota Court of Appeals recently held that an out-of-state insurer that is not licensed...
The Minnesota Supreme Court held this week in State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Lennartson that the Minnesota No-Fault Act does...
Following a school bus accident in February 2008 and a settlement with the insurers for the at-fault vehicle and school bus, an...
On June 17, 2015, the Minnesota Supreme Court held in Schroeder v. W. Nat. Mut. Ins. Co., A13-2289, 2015 WL 3739535 , that an...
In a 3-0 decision this week in State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Metropolitan Council , the Minnesota Court of Appeals...
On July 7, 2014, the Minnesota Court of Appeals in Schroeder v. Western National Mutual Insurance Company, held that no-fault...
In the recent case of Russell v. Haji-Ali, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held in a published opinion that receipt of UIM payments...
In June of 2008, Plaintiff allegedly was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a cow in a rural area of Minnesota. Plaintiff...