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OLWK hires new talent, experiences ‘steady, measured growth’
OLWK announces another new hire as the firm continues to enrich and advance its workers' compensation practice group. Attorney...
Read MoreOLWK Wraps Up Successful Year With New Leadership Team
As OLWK heads into the final quarter of 2014, its leaders say they are chalking up one of their most successful...
Read MoreMinnesota Court of Appeals Determines Buses Operated by the Metropolitan Council are “motor vehicles” under the Minnesota No-Fault Automobile Insurance Act.
In a 3-0 decision this week in State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Metropolitan Council , the Minnesota Court of Appeals...
Read MoreMinnesota Supreme Court Issues Long-Awaited Staab II Decision
In a 5-2 decision this week in Staab v. Diocese of St. Cloud , the Minnesota Supreme Court held that a party severally liable...
Read MoreMINNESOTA SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO EXTEND BROOKS AUTOMATIC-REIMBURSEMENT RULE TO A MEDICAL PROVIDER THAT DOES NOT RECEIVE PROPER NOTICE OF ITS RIGHT TO INTERVENE IN A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROCEEDING.
In Gamble v. Twin Cities Concrete Products , the Minnesota Supreme Court considered whether to extend its decision in Brooks v....
Read MoreMinnesota Supreme Court Upholds Award of Hourly Attorney Fees Exceeding Amount of Disputed Medical Benefits
Court Reaffirms Irwin Analysis While Noting MWCA Prevents Claimant's Attorney from Recovering Fees Earned Representing an...
Read MoreLeadership Team At OLWK Called “Outstanding” in Minnesota
Today leaders of one of Minnesota's top civil litigation firms, the Minneapolis law firm of O'Meara, Leer, Wagner and Kohl , say...
Read MoreIn No Fault context, MN Court of Appeals holds that maybe there is a free lunch
On July 7, 2014, the Minnesota Court of Appeals in Schroeder v. Western National Mutual Insurance Company, held that no-fault...
Read MoreCOVERING ALL THE BASES: LEGAL NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF BASEBALL
On July 15—after almost thirty years—Major League Baseball's All-Star Game returns to the City of Minneapolis, where the best...
Read MoreMN Court of Appeals Allows Housing Court to Award Damages
The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently upheld the right of a Minnesota Housing Court to award monetary damages to an evicted...
Read MoreSarah Hunter elected to serve as Hennepin County Bar Assn representative to the MN State Bar Assn
OLWK is happy to announce associate attorney, Sarah Hunter, has been elected by the Hennepin County Bar Association to serve as...
Read MoreOLWK Takes Top Honors For Law Firms During Food Mania Challenge
The attorneys and employees at O'Meara, Leer, Wagner and Kohl are proud to announce that their effort in Second Harvest Heartland's...
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