SLETTEN v. RAMSEY COUNTY

No. C2-01-1066.

675 N.W.2d 291 (2004)

Ralph SLETTEN, et al., and Ronald Brzinski, et al., Respondents, v. RAMSEY COUNTY, petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Gaertner, Darwin Lookingbill, Bennett Rosene, Ramsey County Attorney's Office, St. Paul, Jerome A. Miranowski, John F. Beukema, Rikke A. Dierssen-Morice, Faegre & Benson, L.L.P., Minneapolis, for Appellant.

Robert A. Hill, Robert Hill & Associates, Ltd., Minneapolis, Gary Van Cleve, John J. Steffenhagen, Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd., Bloomington, for Respondent.

Susan L. Naughton, League of Minnesota Cities Association of Minnesota Counties, St. Paul, for Amici Curiae.

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


OPINION

GILBERT, Justice.

This case arises out of Ramsey County's operation of a compost site on Beam Avenue in Maplewood, Minnesota, from 1984 to 1996.1 Appellant Ramsey County appeals from a decision of the court of appeals affirming the district court's denial of official immunity on respondents' nuisance and negligent failure to warn claims. We affirm on respondents' nuisance claim but reverse on the negligent failure to...

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