Legal Opinion
Fournier v. Marigold Foods, Inc.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided February 22, 1988No. Civ. 3-88-2PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING SUMMARY JUDGMENT STRIKING PRAYER FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES DENYING RULE 11 SANCTIONS
DEVITT, District Judge.
The principal issue here is whether Minnesota’s wrongful death statute properly may be invoked in a diversity action brought by the California trustee of a deceased California resident who allegedly consumed death-causing contaminated ice, cream in Minnesota manufactured by the Minnesota defendant.
Plaintiff alleges decedent, while visiting St. Paul in 1986 ate contaminated Kemps ice cream, produced by defendant in Minnesota, which caused her death ten days later upon her return…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Hague v. Allstate Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- Negaubauer v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Blamey Ex Rel. Blamey v. BrownSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Stewart v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Jackson v. East Bay HospitalDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1997
- Selective Ins. Co. of S.C. v. SelaDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2018
- Filz v. Mayo FoundationDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1991
- Kuehn Ex Rel. Kuehn v. Shelcore, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1988
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