Apr 29, 2016
Question: Have you either purchased or sold a home in which there is an issue about the condition about property? It is not uncommon for an issue of undisclosed defects in the condition of the property to arise. Minnesota law generally requires a seller of...
Mar 23, 2016
Quite often, people contact our office to ask what they can do to vacate, or get relief from a default civil judgment entered against them or their business. These calls occasionally involve a defendant who became aware of a default judgment entered against them with...
Nov 12, 2015
In our prior construction law posts, we first looked at the type of claims that a homeowner may bring against a builder or remodeling contractor (link to post). In a second post, we focused on pre-lawsuit considerations such as the builder’s right to inspect the...
Aug 13, 2015
On August 1, 2015, a new law went into effect that expanded the territorial jurisdiction of a county’s reach to sue its debtors. The new law will permit Minnesota counties to sue its debtors in their conciliation court, often referred to as small claims, even though...
Jul 21, 2015
On January 1, 2016, a new law will go into effect that requires nonprofit hospitals to provide patients a specific notice before engaging in certain debt collection activities to collect an unpaid hospital bill. Unpaid hospital bills impact the medical field on both...
Apr 22, 2015
Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. ____ (2015) In a Slip Opinion released April 21, the Supreme Court of the United States addressed the question of whether police may extend the duration of an otherwise completed traffic stop in order to perform a dog search of the...
