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Maslon lawyers have been involved in the development of punitive damage law in Minnesota for decades. A Maslon partner argued the leading Minnesota Supreme Court case on the recovery of punitive damages in product liability actions and won for Maslon's client the reversal of a multi-million dollar punitive damage award. See Independent School Dist. No. 622 v. Keene Corp., 511 N.W.2d 728 (Minn. 1994).

Resources:

Gary J. Haugen, Recent Developments in Punitive Damages Law, 2002 Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, Tort Law Update.

Mark W. Lee & Laurie A. Kindel, Emerging Issues in Products Liability, The International Risk Management Institute Report (Mar. 1999).

Gary J. Haugen, Evidentiary and Trial Issues in a Punitive Damages Case, 1994 Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, Evidence in the Courtroom: How It Really Works.

Gary J. Haugen, Punitive Damages: Developments and Horizons, 1993 Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, Insurance Claims and Management.

Gary J. Haugen & Joel A. Nurre, Punitive Damages: Juries' Hardball Meet Legislative Bat, Bench & Bar of Minnesota (April 1993).

Gary J. Haugen & Howard B. Tarkow, Punitive Damages in Minnesota: Common Law and Developments Under § 549.20 of the Minnesota Statutes, 11 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 353 (1985).

Hon. Donald D. Alsop & David F. Herr, The Trial of a Punitive Damages Case in Minnesota - A Judicial Perspective, 11 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 319 (1984).

R. Lawrence Purdy, Punitive Damages, 1984 Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, Product Liability Update.