Gina M. Foran | Duane Morris The Minnesota Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated ruling regarding the requirements an insured must prove in order to satisfy the state’s first party bad faith statute. Minn. Stat. § 604.18 creates a direct cause of action by an insured against its insurer if the insurer fails to act in… Continue reading Minnesota Supreme Court Issues Ruling on First-Party Bad Faith Statute
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Minnesota Supreme Court’s First Opinion on the State’s Bad Faith Statute
J. Kent Crocker | PropertyCasualtyFocus The Minnesota Supreme Court in the matter of Alison Joel Peterson v. Western National Mutual Insurance Company, 946 N.W.2d 903 (Minn. 2020) opined for the first time on the state’s bad faith statute (Minn. Stat. § 604.18) and weighed in on the interpretation of the two prongs contained within the statute.… Continue reading Minnesota Supreme Court’s First Opinion on the State’s Bad Faith Statute
Minnesota Automatic-Approval Rule Secures CUP and Saves Solar Project
Monica Wilson Dozier, Christopher A. Bowles and Amandeep S. Kahlon | Buildsmart One of the challenges of renewable energy development is managing the permitting process. Understanding how to navigate state and local laws can be integral to a developer’s permitting success, especially where a community may be hostile to the prospective power project. The Court… Continue reading Minnesota Automatic-Approval Rule Secures CUP and Saves Solar Project
Minnesota Addresses How Its Construction Statute of Repose Applies to Condominiums
William Doerler | White & Williams Courts often struggle with the question of when the statute of repose starts to run for construction projects that involve multiple buildings or phases. In Village Lofts at St. Anthony Falls Ass’n v. Housing Partners III-Lofts, LLC, 937 N.W.2d 430 (Minn. 2020) (Village Lofts), the Supreme Court of Minnesota addressed how… Continue reading Minnesota Addresses How Its Construction Statute of Repose Applies to Condominiums
Turning Back the Clock: The New Timeline for Warranty Claims in Multi-Family Construction
Nicholas Loyal | Stinson The Minnesota Supreme Court recently issued a decision that altered the rules on when the clock starts on a condo association’s right to bring a claim under Minnesota’s new home statutory warranties. Those warranties will now begin to run on the date the first unit in a building is sold, rather… Continue reading Turning Back the Clock: The New Timeline for Warranty Claims in Multi-Family Construction