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OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT

FILED Wednesday, May 7, 2025

NOTICE - MEDIA RELEASE TIME IS 10:00 A.M.


A23-0210   In re the Estate of: Joanne Mary Ecklund, Decedent.
                    Court of Appeals.
          Minnesota Statutes section 256B.15, subdivision 2(a)(1) (2024), allows the Minnesota Department of Human Services to recover from the estate of a Minnesota Medical Assistance Program recipient the amount of capitation payments paid on behalf of the recipient to a managed care organization to provide long-term care services to the recipient after the recipient turned 55 years old.
          Reversed. Justice Paul C. Thissen.
          Took no part, Justice Karl C. Procaccini, Justice Theodora K. Gaïtas.


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ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW

FILED Wednesday, April 23, 2025


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1.             Allan N. Anderson, Jr., et al. vs. Westrock Minnesota Corporation f/k/a Waldorf Corporation – A24-0914
2.             Demetreious Anderson Baldwin vs. State of Minnesota – A24-0556, A24-0593
3.             Earl Lionell Ward vs. State of Minnesota – A24-0865
4.             In re Sina Roughani, State of Minnesota vs. Sina Roughani – A24-2042
5.             In the Matter of the Welfare of: D.C.D., Child – A24-0595
6.             Paul Casey Mason vs. State of Minnesota – A24-1074
7.             Sandra Kay Brown vs. Erik James Klein – A24-0238
8.             State of Minnesota vs. Anthony James Moore – A23-1841
9.             State of Minnesota vs. Harold Ladell Williams – A24-0156
10.           State of Minnesota vs. Malik Deshone Williams – A23-1598
11.           State of Minnesota vs. Nickolas John May – A24-0889
12.           State of Minnesota vs. Richard Preston Blackwell – A24-0311
13.           State of Minnesota vs. Shawn Michael Manton – A24-1071
14.           William O. Bradley vs. For Life Home Development LLC – A24-0813
15.           Zutz Farms, et al. vs. Middle Snake Tamarac Rivers Watershed District, Christian Erickson – A24-0352