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BAKER v. PLOETZ

C6-98-2144

616 N.W.2d 263 (2000)

John E. BAKER, et al., Respondents, v. John W. PLOETZ, Respondent, Morris, Fuller & Seaver, P.A., petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Magnuson, Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, LLP, Minneapolis, Richard M. Carlson, Morris, Carlson & Hoelscher, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Scott A. Johnson, Johnson Law Group LLP, Minnetonka, for respondents Baker.

John W. Ploetz, St. Paul, pro se.

Stuart T. Williams, Henson & Efron, P.A., Minneapolis, for amicus curiae MN State Bar Association.

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

OPINION

PAUL H. ANDERSON, Justice.

The law firm of Morris, Fuller & Seaver, P.A. appeals a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision holding it liable for treble damages for the fraudulent conduct of its associate attorney, respondent John Ploetz. A jury found that Ploetz committed fraud within the scope of his employment and that respondents John E. Baker and Barbara K. Baker (Bakers) were entitled to $48,000 in damages. The district court then ordered treble...

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