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Minnesota Mass Tort Survey

    
 

   

Mass Tort
Minnesota
Survey Results

Tracking and/or reporting of mass tort cases

None known.

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Definition of "mass tort"

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Procedural rules

Minnesota General Rules of Practice for the District Courts 113.03, consolidation of cases in more than one district.


Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure, 16.01, pretrial conferences; objectives. See especially R. 16.03(l), subjects for consideration: "the need for adopting special procedures for managing potentially difficult or protracted actions that may involve complex issues, multiple parties, difficult legal questions, or unusual proof problems."


Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure 23.01-23.05, class actions.


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Statutes

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Case law

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Administrative orders

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Interlocutory appeal

Minnesota Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 105 applies to interlocutory appeals generally.

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Infrastructure: special dockets

Assignment to a single judge is possible for certain cases under Minnesota Rules of General Practice for the District Courts, Rule 113.

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Infrastructure: task forces, commissions, or other policy-level bodies

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Case management

The Second Judicial District Court serves Ramsey County; its differentiated case management system places cases with lengthy discovery requirements, complex claims or defenses, or a large number of parties onto a complex track.  Assignment to this track offers those cases the attention of an individual judge.

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Technology

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