HAGE v. STADE

No. 50243.

304 N.W.2d 283 (1981)

Loren HAGE, etc., Appellant, Joan B. Ben, Trustee for Natural Guardian of the Heirs and Next-of-Kin of Marvin P. Ben, Appellant, v. Catherine A. STADE, deceased, d. b. a. Stratford Hotel et al, Defendants, Minnesota Department of Public Safety et al, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thysell Gjevre McLarnan Hannaher Vaa & Skatvold and Galen J. Vaa, Moorhead, for Hage, etc.

Lewis Price & Michalski and Michael J. Michalski, Windom, for Ben.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Richard B. Allyn, Sol. Gen. and David W. McKenna, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondents.

Reheard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

Plaintiffs, as trustees for the heirs of 13 people who died in a hotel fire on January 28, 1977, brought wrongful death actions against the owner of the hotel (Catherine Stade, d. b. a. Stratford Hotel); the City of Breckenridge, where the hotel was located; the State of Minnesota; the Minnesota Department and Commissioner of Public Safety; the Department of Public Health; the Office of State Fire Marshal...

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