STAUB v. MYRTLE LAKE RESORT, LLC

A20-0267.

964 N.W.2d 613 (2021)

Virginia STAUB, AS TRUSTEE and next-of-kin OF Joyce Esther WEEKS, decedent, Appellant, v. MYRTLE LAKE RESORT, LLC, and James Lown, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: September 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy Brantingham , Patrick McDonald , Brantingham Law Office, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Andrew Irlbeck , Andrew Irlbeck Lawyer Chartered, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for appellant Virginia Staub.

Jerome D. Feriancek , Paige V. Orcutt , Trial Group North, PLLP, Duluth, Minnesota, for respondent Myrtle Lake Resort, LLC.

Michael J. Tomsche , Kelly P. Magnus , Tomsche, Sonnesyn & Tomsche, P.A., Golden Valley, Minnesota, for respondent James Lown.

James S. Ballentine , Matthew J. Barber , Schwebel Goetz & Sieben, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Association for Justice.

Louise A. Behrendt , Emily L. Mugaas , Meagher & Geer, PLLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association.


OPINION

This case arises from the death of Joyce Weeks,1 who fell down a concrete stair, which is attached to the main lodge building at Myrtle Lake Resort in Orr, Minnesota. Appellant Virginia Staub, as Joyce's trustee and next of kin, brought...

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