Legal Opinion
Alderman's Inc. v. Shanks
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 18, 1995No. C4-93-1006PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARDEBRING, Justice.
This case requires us to interpret various provisions of the Uniform Fire Code (UFC) and determine its application in a negligence action resulting from a fire which caused considerable property damage, but no loss of life. Primarily, we are asked to determine whether a violation of the UFC constitutes negligence as a matter of law and if so, under what circumstances the UFC’s grandfather clause precludes liability for nonconforming conditions in buildings that predate the code.
A fire started in Roberts Drug & Hallmark Card Shop and swept through neighboring…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lewis v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Thompson-Yaeger, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Johnson v. Farmers & Merchants State Bank of BalatonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Lynghaug v. PayteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
- Butler v. EngelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
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- Duxbury v. Spex Feeds, Inc.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2004
- Gradjelick v. HanceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
- Grozdanich v. Leisure Hills Health Center, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1998
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