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Shamus O'Meara Presents to National Architectural Group on Safe and Secure Buildings
Shamus O'Meara presented with Chris Gibbs, principal, DLR Group, on Safe and Secure Buildings to DLR's K-12 school and...
Read MoreShamus O’Meara Presents on School Security Design with Ohio Facilities Construction Commission
Shamus O’Meara recently presented with the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission webinar entitled How Building Design...
Read MoreMinnesota Supreme Court finds Medicaid Discounts are an Exception to Collateral-Source Offsets to Jury Awards
Recently, the Minnesota Supreme Court decided Getz v. Peace, --- N.W.2d ---, A18-0121 (Minn. Oct. 16, 2019), and affirmed the...
Read MoreWelcome Olivia Weber
We are excited to welcome Olivia Weber as an associate attorney with O’Meara, Leer, Wagner & Kohl. Olivia joins the...
Read MoreLas Vegas Mass Shooting Claims Settled for up to $800 Million
October 3, 2019 . MGM Grand Resorts and the lawyers representing families with thousands of claims from the October 1, 2017...
Read MoreDeal or No Deal? Wisconsin Court of Appeals Throws Out Mediated Settlement Agreement
The facts of Paul R. Ponfil Trust v. Charmoli Holdings, LLC , 2018-AP-1321, 2019 WL 4463459 (Wis. Ct. App. Sept. 18, 2019) ,...
Read MoreMinnesota Workers' Compensation Subrogation and Employer Liability for Claims Professionals and Risk Managers
Shamus O'Meara recently completed revisions to a practical claims guide entitled Minnesota Workers' Compensation...
Read MoreMinnesota Supreme Court to Decide Whether Minn. Stat. § 604.02, subd. 1 Applies in Workplace Injury Cases
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in Fish v. Ramler Trucking, Inc. , A18-0143, in which the court will...
Read MoreMinnesota Supreme Court holds high school basketball coach need not prove actual malice in defamation claim, since coach is not a "public official"
In Minnesota, a public official can prevail on a defamation claim only upon a showing of actual malice. Recently the Minnesota...
Read MoreOLWK Attorneys Listed in 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
O’Meara, Leer, Wagner & Kohl, P.A. is proud to announce that Dale O. Thornsjo and Christopher E. Celichowski have...
Read MoreMinnesota Supreme Court Tackles When Statute of Limitations is Satisfied in Gillette Injury Cases
Former Viking Failed to Prove Employer, by Providing Minimal Medical Treatment, Accepted Responsibility for Subsequently Diagnosed...
Read MoreEnhanced Disclosures, Recordkeeping, and Possible Criminal Sanctions: What Employers and Employees Should Know About Minnesota's New Wage Theft Law Now in Effect
A series of legislative amendments was passed in May 2019 creating Minnesota’s new Wage Theft Law. The civil component of the...
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