HELLER v. SCHWAN'S SALES ENTERPRISES, INC.

Nos. C3-95-2247, C5-95-2590.

548 N.W.2d 287 (1996)

Glenn M. HELLER, Applicant for Intervention, Appellant (C3-95-2247), Patsy Loverude and Her Minor Children, et al., and Tessa L. Koller, a Minor by Her Mother Margaret R. Koller, Applicants for Intervention, Appellants (C5-95-2590), Harold Eugene McDowell, et al., Respondents (C3-95-2247), Plaintiffs (C5-95-2590), v. SCHWAN'S SALES ENTERPRISES, INC., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied August 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn M. Heller, Bethesda, MD, pro se.

Fred Burstein, Dylan J. McFarland, Steven M. Burstein, Burstein, Hertogs, Olsen & McFarland, P.A., Minneapolis, Clinton A. Krislov, Krislov & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Appellants in No. C5-95-2590.

Karl L. Cambronne, Jack L. Chestnut, Jeffrey D. Bores, Chestnut & Brooks, P.A., Minneapolis, Mark Reinhardt, Gary D. Ansel, Gavin S. Wilkinson, Reinhardt & Anderson, St. Paul, Charles H. Johnson, Charles H. Johnson & Assocs., New Brighton, Kevin W. Rouse, Minneapolis, Charles S. Zimmerman, Zimmerman Reed P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, for Respondents in No. C3-95-2247.

James A. O'Neal, Scott W. Johnson, Bridget M. Ahmann, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, for Schwan's Sales Enterprises, Inc.

Considered and decided by LANSING, P.J., and SCHUMACHER and SHORT, JJ.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

A Minnesota district court approved settlement of a consolidated class action for claims stemming from salmonella bacteria found in Schwan's ice cream product. Illinois objectors challenge the adequacy of the settlement in light of the injuries suffered, and an unsuccessful applicant for intervention appeals the denial of his application.

FACTS

On October 7, 1994, the Minnesota Department of Health informed Schwan...

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