CARLSON v. ROETZEL & ANDRESS

No. 08-1975.

552 F.3d 648 (2008)

Merwin R. CARLSON, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. ROETZEL & ANDRESS, an Ohio legal professional association; Richard A. Plewacki; Adrienne L. Stemen; GMR Transportation, Inc., a North Dakota corporation; and Dennis Gustafson, Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Schoenwald, Moorhead, MN, for Appellant.

J. Philip Johnson, John V. Bouglar, Jason R. Crance, William P. Harrie, Fargo, ND, for Appellees, GMR Transportation, Inc. and Dennis Gustafson.

Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


BENTON, Circuit Judge.

Merwin R. Carlson appeals the district court's1 grant of summary judgment on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

Carlson provided trucking services to GMR Transportation, Inc., a North Dakota corporation. After an accident, he filed a claim with the Workforce Safety & Insurance Fund (WSI), North Dakota's workers' compensation agency. WSI...

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