FAEGRE & BENSON, LLP v. R & R INVESTORS

No. A08-1899.

772 N.W.2d 846 (2009)

FAEGRE & BENSON, LLP, Respondent, Eckland & Blando, LLP, Respondent, v. R & R INVESTORS, et al., interpleader defendants, Respondents, Curtis Hogenson, et al., interpleader defendants, Appellants, David Klug, et al., Interpleader Defendants, and R & R Investors I—UPA Partnership, et al., plaintiffs on counterclaims and cross-claims, Appellants, v. R & R Investors, et al., interpleader defendants and defendants on cross-claims, Respondents, Faegre & Benson, LLP, interpleader plaintiff and defendant on counterclaims, Respondent, Eckland & Blando, LLP, interpleader plaintiff and defendant on counterclaims, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

September 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erick G. Kaardal, Mohrman & Kaardal, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for appellants R & R Investors, et al.

Robert R. Weinstine, Brooks F. Poley, Thomas H. Boyd, Justice Ericson Lindell, Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Faegre & Benson, LLP.

Kay Nord Hunt, Phillip A. Cole, Diane M. Odeen, Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Eckland & Blando LLP.

Timothy D. Kelly, Kelly A. Atherton, Kelly & Berens, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent R & R.

Considered and decided by KLAPHAKE, Presiding Judge; MINGE, Judge; and STAUBER, Judge.


OPINION

MINGE, Judge.

This is an appeal from summary judgment in an interpleader action in which the district court determined that respondent partnership was entitled to the proceeds from the settlement of a lawsuit against the federal government, and dismissed appellants' damages claims against respondent law firms, who were litigation counsel in the federal lawsuit and commenced this interpleader action to resolve the dispute over settlement proceeds...

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