Minnesota High Court: Remand Proper In Case Over Work For Insolvent Insurer

Mealey's (June 7, 2018, 12:19 PM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — Remand of a dispute over payment to a law firm on work done for an insolvent insurer’s liquidator to a trial court is appropriate, a majority of the Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed June 6, because the trial court determined the value of the firm’s services in quantum meruit based on an incorrect application of the law (Faricy Law Firm, P.A., v. API Inc., Asbestos Settlement Trust, No. A16-1539, Minn. Sup., 2018 Minn. LEXIS 304)....