Legal Opinion
Lester Building Systems v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 5, 2009No. A07-155PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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Appellants Lester Building Systems and Lester’s of Minnesota (collectively, Lester) sued Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) for breach of contract, breach of implied and express warranties, and fraud. A McLeod County jury found in favor of Lester and awarded $29.6 million in damages. The award included $13.2 million for the cost to repair buildings owned by Lester’s customers. LP appealed, claiming that a federal class-action settlement precluded Lester from recovering $11.2 million of the $13.2 million awarded as repair-cost damages. The court of appeals reversed the…
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- Coastal Modular Corp. v. Laminators, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- Leoni v. Bemis Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Carpenter v. MattisonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- Bemidji Sales Barn, Inc. v. ChatfieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
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