Sletten v. Ramsey County

OPINION

GILBERT, Justice.

This case arises out of Ramsey County’s operation of a compost site on Beam Avenue in Maplewood, Minnesota, from 1984 to 1996.1 Appellant Ramsey County appeals from a decision of the court of appeals affirming the district court’s denial of official immunity on respondents’ nuisance and negligent failure to warn claims. We affirm on respondents’ nuisance claim but reverse on the negligent failure to warn claim.

The respondents include 14 members of three separate families, the Slettens, the Brzinskis, and the Behrens, who reside in close proximity to the compost site…