CRACRAFT v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK

No. 47852.

279 N.W.2d 801 (1979)

John CRACRAFT, a minor, by his father and natural guardian, Jack Cracraft, et al., Appellants, Leon Kasper, as Trustee for the Heirs of Kenneth Kasper, et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meshbesher, Singer & Spence, Russell M. Spence, and Carol M. Grant, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Ochs, Larsen, Klimek & Olson, and Norman W. Larsen, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Richard B. Allyn, Sol. Gen., and Kent G. Harbison, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for State of Minnesota.

David A. Singer, Thomas Wolf, President, and Gordon W. Schumaker, Chairman, Appellate Advocacy Committee, St. Paul, for Minnesota Trial Lawyers Assn.

Stanley G. Peskar, Gen. Counsel, St. Paul, for League of Minnesota Cities.

Heard before PETERSON, KELLY, and YETKA, JJ. Reheard and considered and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

This is an appeal brought by the plaintiffs Jack Cracraft, individually, and as the guardian of his minor child, John Cracraft; and Leon Kasper, individually, and as the trustee for the heirs of Kenneth Kasper, against the defendant city of St. Louis Park. This suit involves the alleged negligent failure of a city inspector to discover a violation of the municipal fire ordinance at Benilde-St. Margaret's High School, St. Louis Park, Minnesota. After...

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