Legal Opinion
Bjerke v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 27, 2007No. A06-117PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HANSON, Justice.
The issues presented in this appeal are whether a homeowner has a duty to protect a child invitee from sexual abuse by *663another adult resident in the home and whether the child has the legal capacity to assume the risk of that abuse. Between the ages of 14 and 18, respondent, Aja Bjerke, stayed at Island Farm, a horse farm owned by appellant Suzette E. Johnson, for progressively longer periods. During this time, Bjerke entered into a sexual relationship with Johnson’s adult live-in male Mend, Kenneth D. Bohlman. Bohlman was subsequently convicted of criminal sexual…
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