Appellate Courts will begin transmitting all notices, orders, and opinions electronically.
Beginning no later than July 1, 2011, the appellate courts will send notices, orders, opinions, and correspondence related to pending cases to attorneys in those cases by e-mail rather than postal mail. All attorneys with pending appellate cases who have not already registered an e-mail address should do so immediately. Unrepresented parties with pending appellate cases may also participate in this e-notification system by registering an e-mail address. Please visit the Clerk of Appellate Courts page for instructions on how to register your e-mail address.
Opinion Policies
Minnesota Court of Appeals opinions are issued weekly and are available to the public at 10 a.m. CST/CDT every Monday.
On Wednesday of every week, the Court of Appeals will mail a notice that informs counsel, pro se parties, and court personnel associated with a case that an opinion will be released the following Monday. Opinions are available online or by visiting the Clerk of Appellate Courts, 305 Minnesota Judicial Center, 25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, after the Monday release time. Copies of the opinions are mailed to involved parties on Mondays.
In certain time-sensitive cases, the Court of Appeals may issue opinions on a business day other than Monday. In these instances, involved parties will be contacted just prior to the special release.
Please visit the Minnesota State Law Library's Appellate Opinions Archive for previously released Court of Appeals Opinions.
Published Opinions
By statute, the Court of Appeals issues a published opinion only in the most important and complex cases. Published opinions include an extensive analysis of the facts and law. They will be considered and used by courts faced with similar issues in the future, and they are published in books found in most law libraries.
DECISIONS OF THE COURT OF APPEALS
FILED Monday, May 5, 2025
A24-1486 Dalvin Cook, Respondent, vs. Gracelyn Trimble, Defendant, Daniel Cragg, et al., Appellants.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Joseph R. Klein.
1. This court reviews de novo a district court decision on a special motion for expedited relief under the Minnesota Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 554.07-.19 (2024).
2. Statements made by an attorney to the media regarding a lawsuit do not generally fall within the protections of the judicial-proceedings privilege.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. Judge Louise Dovre Bjorkman.
A24-1339 Jaclyn Roos, Appellant, Carol Naumann, Plaintiff, vs. HealthPartners, Inc., et al., Respondents, Richard Mahr, et al., Defendants.
Ramsey County District Court, Hon. Mark Ireland.
When a plaintiff alleges a medical-negligence claim based upon a misdiagnosis, a defendant covered under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, 42 U.S.C. § 247d-6d (2018) (PREP Act), is not entitled to immunity because they used a treatment that is a covered countermeasure to treat the misdiagnosed medical condition.
Reversed and remanded. Judge Elise Larson.
Unpublished Opinions
Unpublished opinions are issued in cases that are less complicated, that involve legal issues that have already been decided in published opinions, or that will affect only the parties to that particular case. These opinions are usually shorter, do not contain extensive discussion of the facts, and are not generally relied on by other courts to the same degree as published opinions.
NONPRECEDENTIAL OPINIONS
FILED Monday, May 5, 2025
Pursuant to Minn. R. Civ. App. P. 136.01, subd. 1 (c)
1.
A24-1396
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Joseph Harrison Baynes, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Renee L. Worke.
Dakota County District Court, Hon. Judge Adam Johnson.
2.
A24-0870
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Mykell Steffon Burton, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Michelle A. Larkin.
Anoka County District Court, Hon. Michele A. Davis.
3.
A24-1521
Ellen Sue Laas Ewald, et al., petitioners, Respondents, vs. Nina Laas Ewald Nedrebo, Appellant.
Reversed and remanded. Judge Louise Dovre Bjorkman.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Anna Andow.
4.
A24-0829
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Amal Mohamed Osman, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Peter M. Reyes, Jr.
Ramsey County District Court, Hon. Paul Yang.
5.
A24-0818
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Alfredo Torrez, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Peter M. Reyes, Jr.
Polk County District Court, Hon. Jeffrey Scott Remick.
6.
A24-0565
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Joshua Lee Beaulieu, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Sarah I. Wheelock.
Beltrami County District Court, Hon. Jeanine R. Brand.
7.
A24-1355
Maria Cristina Gallo-Valdivia, Appellant, vs. Christopher Graham Hanson, Respondent, County of Anoka, Intervenor.
Affirmed. Judge Keala C. Ede.
Anoka County District Court, Hon. John Dehen.
8.
A24-1313
Ingrid Alexander, Respondent, vs. City of Minneapolis, Appellant, and Matrix Development LLC, Appellant.
Dismissed. Judge Elizabeth G. Bentley.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Christian M. Sande.
9.
A24-1084
Sean Bruce Henry, Appellant, vs. Servion, Inc., Respondent.
Affirmed. Judge Rachel F. Bond.
Ramsey County District Court, Hon. Sara R. Grewing.
10.
A24-1037
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Rafael Earl Steele, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks.*
Olmsted County District Court, Hon. Kathy M. Wallace.
* Retired judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, serving by appointment pursuant to Minn. Const. art. VI, § 10.
Order Opinions
Cases that involve a few simple issues may be decided by order opinions, which include little discussion of the facts of the case and a brief analysis of the laws that are involved.
RECENT ORDER OPINIONS
May 5, 2025
1.
A24-1706
Joseph Daryll Rued, also o/b/o W.O.R., a minor child, Appellant, vs. Charles Webber, Respondent.
Affirmed. Judge Kevin G. Ross.
Scott County District Court, Hon. Leonardo Castro.
2.
A24-1279
Bridgette Jeanette Bergman and on behalf of Minor Children, Respondent, vs. Benjamin Bergman, Appellant.
Remanded. Judge Diane B. Bratvold.
Becker County District Court, Hon. Gretchen Thilmony.
3.
A24-0763
Rebecca Lynnelle Halling, petitioner, Respondent, vs. Francis Gregory Halling, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Elise Larson.
Wright County District Court, Hon. Suzanne Bollman.
Special Release Opinions
NO SPECIAL RELEASE OPINIONS FILED
Opinion Sets
Opinion sets contain all published, unpublished, and order opinions. The sets are compressed into files that must be unpacked before opening them.
Opinion Sets For Opinions
Filed Monday, May 5, 2025
Opinion Set in a Zipped PDF Format
- Click the above link.
- Save the unzipped file to your computer.
- Choose the "Open" option on the Download Complete screen.
- Extract the files to a location of your choice.
- Open the extracted file.