Zoltak v. Walgreen Co.

OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

Appellant Walgreen Company sought to join a third party, respondent Richard Kressin, in a dram shop action pending in Minnesota. The trial court granted summary judgment for respondent, concluding that the appellant’s costs associated with defending the dram shop action do not constitute “injury or property damage” under Minn.Stat. § 543.19 (1986). The trial court also found that respondent did not have sufficient “minimum contacts” with Minnesota, such that exercising personal jurisdiction would violate due process. We agree that the “injury” alleged by appellant…