ISLES WELLNESS, INC. v. PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN

Nos. A04-485, A04-486, A04-487, A04-488, A04-489.

703 N.W.2d 513 (2005)

ISLES WELLNESS, INC., n/k/a Minneapolis Wellness, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE CO., a Delaware corporation doing business in the State of Minnesota, Appellant, Allstate Indemnity Company, a Delaware corporation doing business in the State of Minnesota, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Stempel, Eric S. Hayes, Christopher M. Drake, Stempel & Associates, PLC, Hopkins, MN, for Appellants.

Michael John Weber, Weber Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondents.

Kay Nord Hunt, Diane M. Odeen, Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae Insurance Federation of MN.

David C. Wulff, Roseville, MN, for Amicus Curiae MN Chiropractic Association.

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


OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the lay ownership of respondents—three clinics1 providing chiropractic, physical therapy, and massage therapy services (collectively "clinics")—violated the corporate practice of medicine doctrine by providing health care services to patients. The court of appeals held that the corporate employment of chiropractic, physical therapy, and massage therapy...

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