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Swenson v. Bender

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided April 28, 2009No. A08-576PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROSS, Judge.

This appeal concerns a Ph.D. candidate’s claim that her faculty dissertation advisor stole her ideas and falsely accused her of plagiarism. We must decide whether the advisor’s alleged theft and her reports that the candidate engaged in plagiarism support the candidate’s action against the ad-visor for breach of fiduciary duty. Former “online university” instructor Sharon Bender appeals a district court judgment requiring her to pay her former dissertation advisee Mary Swenson $60,000 in damages for breach of fiduciary duty. Bender asserts that the district court improperly…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Midland National Bank of Minneapolis v. PerranoskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
  2. D.A.B. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
  3. Stark v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
  4. In Re McCaskillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
  5. Thomas B. Olson & Associates, P.A. v. Leffert, Jay & Polglaze, P.A.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2008

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  5. Fairview Health Services v. Armed Forces Office of the Royal Embassy of Saudi ArabiaDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2023

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