Legal Opinion
Wicken v. Morris
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided March 15, 1994No. C9-93-1048, C7-93-1159PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
A 1989 explosion at a Nitrochem Energy Corporation plant in Biwabik, Minnesota caused the deaths of two employees. The decedents’ wives brought a products liability action against Nitrochem and a negligence action against Ronald Fields, the manager of the Biwabik plant. The district court denied Fields’ motion for summary judgment and Nitrochem’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. This court granted Fields’ petition for discretionary review and consolidated Nitrochem’s and Fields’ appeals.
FACTS
Nitrochem Inc. (Nitrochem) is a Canadian corporation…
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