Minnesota Supreme Court Opinions

Orders on Petitions for Further Review

Granted
 
1. CVC Investments LLP, et al. vs. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company –
A24-1915

Issue Granted: Can a party create a justiciable controversy by requesting a tolling agreement and then filing the action before the other party responds based on an alleged “future” breach”?

Cross-Review Issue Granted: Whether a justiciable controversy exists prior to one party expressly declaring a controversy exists under Minn. Stat. Ch. 555 and contract law.

2. In the Matter of a Public Safety Officer Death Benefit for Eric William Groebner (Deceased) – A24-1410

Issue Granted: Did the court of appeals err when it did not consider the scope of a peace officer’s normal duties in defining “nonroutine” to include activities commonly associated with law enforcement?

Cross-Review Issue Granted: Whether the legislature’s 2016 amendment added a presumption of compensability for certain heart-related deaths or whether it replaced the Johnson and Kramer “killed in the line of duty” definition for all heart-related deaths?

3. Laurissa Wredberg vs. Canvas Health, Inc. – A24-1897

Issues Granted: (1) Where Minn. Stat. § 595.02 subd. 1(k) prohibits sexual-assault counselors from disclosing “any opinion or information received from or about the victim without the victim’s consent,” does a sexual-assault counselor terminated for refusing to disclose victim information, “without the victim’s consent,” upon her employer’s demand for the information to provide to non-counselors in and outside the workplace, have a claim under the Minnesota Whistleblower Act? (2) Where Minn. Stat. § 595.02 subd. 1(k) prohibits sexual-assault counselors from disclosing
“any opinion or information received from or about the victim without the victim’s consent,” does a sexual-assault counselor terminated for refusing to disclose victim information “without the victim’s consent,” upon her employer’s demand for the information to provide to non-counselors in and outside the workplace, have a claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy?

Granted/Stayed

4. State of Minnesota vs. Xavier Lee Hudson – A24-0727
Issue: Under circumstantial evidence review, when the State presents evidence from multiple witnesses offering a reasonable alternative to guilt on the issue of intent, and which does not plainly negate the verdict, is such evidence properly excluded from appellate review?
Stayed Pending Final Disposition in State v. Firkus, A23-0973.
Reverse/Remand to Reinstate

5. In re the Marriage of: Deepika Appana vs. Anil Kumar Konkimalla – A24-1090
Issue: Whether it is effective notice when no notice pursuant to Minn. R. Civ. P. 77.04 occurred.
In light of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association vs. True Gravity Ventures, LLC, 23 N.W.3d 837 (Minn. 2025), the dismissal order of the court of appeals was reversed and the case remanded to the court of appeals for reinstatement of the appeal.

Denied

6. Dennis J. Daulton, trustee for the next of kin of Brady Joel Daulton, deceased, vs. TMS Treatment Center, Inc., d/b/a Carlson Drake House – A24-1610
7. In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Dena Joy Alexander – A24-1914
8. In the Matter of the Workforce Certificate Application of TEKsystems, Inc. – A24-1644
9. Jeffrey John Walker vs. City of Afton – A24–1760
10. Joseph Daryll Rued vs. Catrina Marie Rued, et al. – A24-1905
11. Joseph Daryll Rued vs. Catrina Marie Rued, et al. – A25-0361
12. Joseph Daryll Rued vs. Catrina Marie Rued, et al., Nelson Peralta, et al. – A24-1705
13. Joseph Daryll Rued, also o/b/o W.O.R., a minor child vs. Charles Webber – A25-0362
14. Lauren Strahan vs. Josh Boone, Prime Comms Retail, LLC, AT&T Mobility II, LLC – A25-0038
15. Partners in Nutrition d/b/a Partners in Quality Care (PICQC)’s Appeals of MDE’s April 15, 2024 Decision Proposing to Terminate Agreement and Proposing to Disqualify PICQ and Responsible Individuals from Future Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program – A24-1195
16. Patrick R. Vaughn vs. Steven Tomasko, et al., Minneapolis Police Officers, Cedar Towing – A24-1806
17. Ronald Jeffrey Smith vs. Brian Robert Kessen, et al. – A24-1541
18. State of Minnesota vs. Abdiweli Abdirisak Mohamud – A25-0706
19. State of Minnesota vs. Afeez Adebisi Ogundero – A24-1011
20. State of Minnesota vs. Bee Yang – A24-1165
21. State of Minnesota vs. Christopher Jermain Giles – A24-1112
22. State of Minnesota vs. Faron James Beaulieu – A24-0157
23. State of Minnesota vs. Jasmine Green – A24-1027
24. State of Minnesota vs. Joseph Sean Anthony Porter – A24-0951
25. State of Minnesota vs. Kevin Herman Larson – A24-0799
26. State of Minnesota vs. Kevin Wayne Cota – A24-1130
27. State of Minnesota vs. Khalid Isse Adam – A24-0731
28. State of Minnesota vs. Mark Noe Rios – A24-0953
29. State of Minnesota vs. Romelio Balderas, Jr. – A24-1038
30. State of Minnesota vs. Shawn Francis Mortensen – A24-0882
31. State of Minnesota vs. Travis Clay Andersen – A24-0836
32. State of Minnesota vs. Travis Clay Andersen – A24-0837
33. State of Minnesota vs. Travis Clay Andersen – A24-0838
34. Tyrone Murphy vs. Aeon, Steven Scott Management, Inc., et al.; Kings Manor, LLC vs. Tyrone D. Murphy, John Doe, et al. – A24-1159

Denied – Filed August 19, 2025
In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: C.R. and J.R., Parents – A25-1175