Celis v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

Vicente Chavez Celis appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for a new trial, and respondent State Farm Mutual Insurance Company (State Farm) seeks review of the trial court’s denial of its motion to dismiss Celis’s new trial motion as untimely. Because the act of scheduling a hearing date on Celis’s new trial motion occurred beyond the 30-day time limit provided by Minn. R. Civ. P. 59.03, the trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear Celis’s motion. We therefore reverse the .trial court’s denial of State Farm’s motion to dismiss and do not reach the merits of…