KARINIEMI v. CITY OF ROCKFORD

No. A14-0796.

882 N.W.2d 593 (2016)

Nathan KARINIEMI, et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF ROCKFORD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Johnson , Todd M. Johnson , Hellmuth & Johnson, PLLC, Edina, Minnesota, for appellants.

Paul A. Merwin , Patricia Y. Beety , League of Minnesota Cities, Saint Paul, MN, for respondent.

Joseph J. Langel , Nathan B. Shepherd , Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Association of Minnesota Counties.

George C. Hoff , Justin Templin, Hoff, Barry & Kozar, P.A., Eden Prairie, MN, for amicus curiae City Engineers Association of Minnesota.

Daniel J. Cragg , Jared M. Reams , Eckland & Blando LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Association for Justice.

Paul D. Reuvers , Jason J. Kuboushek , Iverson Reuvers Condon, Bloomington, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Association of Townships.

Kenneth H. Bayliss , Dyan J. Ebert , Cally Kjellberg-Nelson , Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., Saint Cloud, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association.


OPINION

The question presented in this case is whether a municipality is entitled to vicarious official immunity for the allegedly negligent acts that its non-employee City Engineer — a private engineering firm — performed under a contract with the municipality...

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