Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Winthrop A. Rockwell, James A. O'Neal, John P. Borger, Bruce Jones, Faegre & Benson, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, Kenneth F. Johannson, Johannson, Rust, Fagerlund, Yon & Stock, P.A., Crookston, MN, for Appellant.
Hugh V. Plunkett, III, J. Michael Schwartz, Robert K. Shelquist, Yvonne M. Flaherty, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Douglas J. Nill, Douglas J. Nill, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Respondents.
Lawrence S. Ebner (pro hac vice), McKenna Long & Aldridge L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Croplife America.
Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Evan M. Tager, Richard B. Katskee, Mayer, Brown, Rowe, & Maw, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
Thomas F. Nelson, Robert L. DeMay, Todd A. Noteboom, Leonard, Street & Deinard, Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Independent Insurers.
Susan E. Stokes, David R. Moeller, Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc., St. Paul, MN, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Scott P. Nealey, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae Minnesota Farmers Union.
William F. Mohrman, Mohrman & Kaardal, Minneapolis, MN, Daniel J. Popeo, Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.
Jan S. Amundson, General Counsel, Quentin Riegel, Deputy General Association, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C., Latessa T. Ward, Cassandra K. Ward Brown, Ward & Ward LLC, Minneapolis, MN, David F. Zoll, Donald Evans, American Chemistry Council, Arlington, VA, Robert H. Morse, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers and the American Chemistry Council.
Wayne D. Struble, Bowman And Brooke, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Reston, VA, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Mike Hatch, Attorney General, State of Minnesota, Prentiss Cox, Assistant Attorney General, Erik Lindseth, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for Amicus Curiae State of Minnesota.
Michael R. Docherty, Rider Bennett, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Victor Schwartz, Leah Lorber, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae American Tort Reform Association.
Bruce M. Kleven, St. Paul, MN, for Amicus Curiae American Sugarbeet Growers Association.
J. Gordon Rudd, Jr., Zimmerman Reed, P.L.L.P., Sharon L. Van Dyck, Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association.
Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.
