Legal Opinion
Florenzano v. Olson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 9, 1986No. C1-84-436PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
The gist of this case is whether the tort found by a Hennepin County District Court jury to have been committed by Frederick Olson, insurance agent for Bankers Life Company, against Judie Florenzano, was fraudulent misrepresentation or negligent misrepresentation and whether the principles of comparative negligence apply.
The jury found Olson and Bankers Life liable for misrepresentations regarding Flo-renzano’s social security benefits, found Florenzano’s damages to be $187,281.31 because of lost social security disability benefits, but also determined that Florenzano was 62.5…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Leif M. Hanson v. Ford Motor Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- Davis v. Re-Trac Manufacturing CorporationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
- Bonhiver v. GraffSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Jack Frost, Inc. v. Engineered Building Components Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
- McElroy v. Boise Cascade Corp.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1982
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3Cited by150 opinions
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