Legal Opinion
In Re Individual 35w Bridge Litigation
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided August 24, 2010No. A10-87, A10-89, A10-90, A10-91PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STAUBER, Judge.
Appellant challenges the denial of its motion to dismiss the cross-claims of respondent Minnesota Department of Transportation (the state) for contractual contribution and indemnity and for statutory reimbursement arising out of the collapse of the Interstate Highway 35W bridge in 2007. Appellant argues that: (1) Minn. Stat. § 541.051 (2008) bars the state’s claims; (2) the compensation statutes passed after the collapse unconstitutionally impair the 1962 contract between the bridge designer and the state; (3) settlement agreements between the state and some of the…
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