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OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT

FILED Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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


A23-1207        Janine Tea, Respondent, vs. Ramsey County, Self-Insured, Relator.
                         Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals.
           1. The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals’ affirmance of the compensation judge’s finding that the employee has compensable post-traumatic stress disorder is not manifestly contrary to the evidence because the compensation judge based his conclusion on the employee’s credibility and the persuasiveness of an expert diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.
          2. In accord with our decision in Smith v. Carver County, 931 N.W.2d 390, 396–97 (Minn. 2019), compensation judges may review the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria when considering the persuasiveness of expert reports, but judges may not use those criteria to make their own diagnosis of a claimant’s condition.                      
          Affirmed. Justice Anne K. McKeig.

 

 

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ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW

FILED Tuesday, April 16, 2024


(Petitioner indicated in Italic Type)

POSTED THURSDAY AFTER SPECIAL TERM CONFERENCE
(Issues are as Presented in the Petition for Review)
 
Granted
 
1.         Tina Marie Lund, as conservator of the Honorable Fred Karasov, vs. Calhoun Orange, Inc., d/b/a Orange Theory Fitness Minneapolis-Uptown,
            Ultimate Fitness Group LLC, d/b/a Orangetheory Fitness – A23-0149
           
            Issue: Did the Court of Appeals err by misapplying the strict-construction standard this Court articulated in Justice v. Marvel, LLC, 979 N.W.2d 894 (Minn. 2022), in concluding the exculpatory clause barred Petitioner’s negligence claims?
 
 
2.         State of Minnesota vs. Larry Joe Foster – A21-0070, A21-0583
 
Issue: In order to vindicate a defendant’s rights to compel a witness to take the stand, must a defendant be permitted to call a witness to the witness stand, where that witness may invoke the right against self-incrimination in response to incriminating questions, particularly when the witness’s physical presence alone has evidentiary value?
 
 
Granted/Stayed
 
3.         State of Minnesota vs. Ali Dayib Warsame – A23-0182
 
Issues: (1) Can a defendant who was too intoxicated to remember the alleged offense enter a valid Norgaard plea to a specific intent offense when he does not waive his right to raise a voluntary intoxication defense? (2) Because Warsame’s guilty plea was established through leading questions, should this Court grant and stay his petition pending its decision in State v. Jones or seek briefing on whether a “strong factual basis” for a Norgaard plea may be established exclusively by leading questions?
 
            Stayed Pending Final Disposition in State v. Jones, No. A21-1713.
 
 
Denied
 
4.          Brett Dipman and Yoon Jung Ko vs. Robert Taeal and Brianna Clerk – A23-1224/A23-1289
5.          Deanna M. Kortan vs. St. Louis Park Hockey Boosters, also known as St. Louis Park Hockey Association – A23-0603
6.          Desean Lamont Thomas, n/k/a Pharaoh El-Forever Left-I Amen El vs. State of Minnesota – A23-0448
7.          In Re the Custody of: A.L.R., DOB 08/25/2013, Casey Lee Robinson, et al., vs. Ashley Marie Robinson (Deceased), Roger Keith Gould – A23-0285
8.          In re the Marriage of: Kiran Kumar Arise vs. Anjali Naresh – A23-0379
9.          In re the Marriage of: Michelle Beth Kremer vs. Robbie Michael Kremer – A23-0553
10.        In the Matter of the Trust established under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust
             Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-C30 – A22-1769, A22-1770
11.        James Keven Obowa vs. Commissioner of Public Safety – A23-0659
12.        Michael Collins Iheme vs. State of Minnesota – A23-1610
13.        Patrice V. Nerad vs. Ryan Blair Magnus, Jones Law Office, LLC, a/k/a Jones and Magnus, Attorneys at Law – A23-0508
14.        Republican Party of Minnesota vs. Nathan Miller, et al., Attorney General Keith Ellison, Intervenor – A23-0029
15.        Spring Grove Township vs. Brian Myrah, Karen Fried, et al. – A23-0528
16.        State of Minnesota vs. Benton Louis Beyer – A23-0263
17.        State of Minnesota vs. Casey Lee Frankl – A22-0590
18.        State of Minnesota vs. David Alan Williams – A23-0200
19.        State of Minnesota vs. Devondre Demont Pike – A22-1568
20.        State of Minnesota vs. Eric Anthony Klaysmat – A23-0475
21.        State of Minnesota vs. Guy Francis Bloomquist – A23-0695
22.        State of Minnesota vs. James Alfred Paatalo – A23-0207, A23-0476, A23-0477
23.        State of Minnesota vs. Jhonathan Jontae Robinson – A23-0251
24.        State of Minnesota vs. Joel Armen Underwood, III – A23-0054
25.        State of Minnesota vs. Ricky Jesse Lopez – A23-0065
26.        State of Minnesota vs. Robert Earl Boyce – A22-1808
27.        State of Minnesota vs. Ryan Adam Burbul – A23-0538
28.        State of Minnesota vs. Sherif Mohamed Abdeltawwab – A23-0093
29.        State of Minnesota vs. Terrance Frelix, Jr. – A22-1768
30.        State of Minnesota vs. William Joseph Garbow – A23-0541
 
 
Denied – Filed April 12, 2024
 
In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: L.E., Parent – A24-0196