Legal Opinion
Heine v. Simon
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided January 27, 2004No. A03-710PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WRIGHT, Judge.
Appellant James Heine brought a lawsuit against State Farm Insurance Company and respondent Valerie Simon to recover damages for injuries arising from two automobile accidents occurring five months apart, in September 1993 and February 1994. The district court severed the claims against State Farm and Simon, reasoning that “the two accidents are not part of the same series of occurrences and are not factually connected to each other.” Separate jury trials were held, and a jury awarded Heine $16,900 for injuries from the 1994 accident.
On appeal from the district court’s…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Alholm v. WiltSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- Cameron v. EvansSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Lindstrom v. Yellow Taxi Company of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- Mathews v. MillsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
- Halla Nursery, Inc. v. Baumann-Furrie & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Craven v. Fulton Sanitation Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
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