Lind Jensen Sullivan & Peterson, P.A.

07/17/2025

Congratulations to our 2025 Super Lawyers and Rising Star

01/09/2025

Lind Jensen Sullivan & Peterson welcomes Sean Kelly as their newest partner. Sean represents businesses and individuals in litigation across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. His practice involves defending clients in automobile and trucking accidents, personal injury, construction defect, property damage, premises liability, and wrongful death cases. Prior to joining the firm, Sean served as a Judge Advocate in the United States Army, where he was a prosecutor and legal advisor to commanders in the 82nd Airborne Division, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), and 4th Infantry Division. He has deployed to Iraq and Europe and has supported domestic operations in support of civil authorities within the United States

08/08/2024

Please join us in congratulating our newly minted partner, Brandon Meshbesher, in his recent success in securing summary judgment for his client.

https://www.lindjensen.com/brandon-meshbesher-and-bill-davidson-obtained-summary-judgment-in-a-defamation-case/

07/19/2024

2024 Minnesota Super Lawyers: William L. Davidson, Appellate Mark A. Fredrickson, Personal Injury General Defense Thomas D. Jensen, Civil Litigation Defense Patrick J. Larkin, Construction Litigation Richard A. Lind, Civil Litigation Defense Timothy J O’Connor, Civil Litigation Defense Paul C. Pet...

05/09/2024

On May 8, 2024, attorney Katie H. Storms presented at the Workers' Compensation Symposium, discussing the statutory updates during the 2023 and 2024 legislative sessions. Over the last two years, Ms. Storms has been working with the Minnesota Defense Lawyer's Association, the Department of Labor & Industry, and the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council to draft and propose changes to the Workers' Compensation Act for enactment and approval by Minnesota's Congress, the most recent of which was signed into law by Governor Walz on May 7, 2024.

For more information on the recent legislative changes or a copy of the PowerPoint presentation, please reach out directly to Ms. Storms at [email protected].

04/08/2024

Tom Jensen, Bill Davidson, and Stuart Campbell recently obtained a complete victory from the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The appeal involved crossclaims between the defendants in a personal injury action, and addressed questions of law regarding statutory and common law indemnification when an allegedly negligent employee is protected from out-of-pocket loss by personal liability insurance.

The plaintiff alleged injuries stemming from a massage, and she named the involved massage therapist and chiropractic clinic as defendants. Lind, Jensen represented the clinic. Plaintiff’s claims were ultimately settled, and the defendants’ insurers paid their settlement sums. For her crossclaim, the therapist argued that her personal insurer must be reimbursed by the clinic for the settlement sum paid to plaintiffs because she was entitled to statutory indemnification as the clinic’s employee. The clinic argued that statutory indemnification was precluded because the therapist had been indemnified by her personal insurer, and the clinic responded with its own crossclaim for common law indemnification to be paid by the therapist’s insurer. The District Court entered summary judgment in favor of the clinic on both claims. The therapist appealed.

In a published opinion, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that the applicable employee indemnification statute was Minn. Stat. § 302A.521, which requires an employer to provide indemnification when an employee “has not been indemnified by another organization.” The Court of Appeals affirmed and concluded that under the statute, a person who has been indemnified by personal insurance is not entitled to statutory indemnification because the insurer is “another organization.” The Court of Appeals further held that common law indemnification claims are only precluded when the requirements for statutory indemnification are met. The Court of Appeals determined that the requirements for statutory indemnification were not met because the therapist had been indemnified by her insurer. Because the therapist failed to establish a right to statutory indemnification, the Court of Appeals concluded the clinic’s crossclaim could proceed. The Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court.

07/18/2023

Congratulations to our Super Lawyers!

2023 Minnesota Super Lawyers:
William L. Davidson, Appellate
Mark A. Fredrickson, Personal Injury General Defense
Thomas D. Jensen, Civil Litigation Defense
Patrick J. Larkin, Construction Litigation
Richard A. Lind, Civil Litigation Defense
Timothy J O'Connor, Civil Litigation Defense
Paul C. Peterson. Professional Liability Defense
Matthew D. Sloneker, Civil Litigation Defense
Eric J. Steinhoff, Civil Litigation Defense
Katie H. Storms, Workers' Compensation
Brian A. Wood, Personal Injury General Defense

2023 Minnesota Rising Stars
Brandon D. Meshbesher, Business Litigation

09/01/2022

Eric Steinhoff, Matt Sloneker, and Brandon Meshbesher obtained a victory from the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. The case involved the alleged disclosure of personal financial information of the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff alleged that the information was posted on the Defendant’s website and initiated a lawsuit for invasion of privacy under Wisconsin law. The Circuit Court granted summary judgment in favor of Defendant, holding that the Plaintiff failed to satisfy the “publicity” element of her claim. Plaintiff appealed and the Court of Appeals affirmed in a unanimous decision.

08/01/2022

Congratulations to attorneys Thomas Jensen and Lauren Hoglund for successfully obtaining a complete defense verdict for their client at a recent jury trial in Washington County District Court. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant chiropractor breached the standard of care by using excessive force in a chiropractic adjustment, which allegedly caused a vertebral artery dissection and led to a stroke. Plaintiff also claimed that the defendant chiropractors failed to give informed consent about the association between chiropractic adjustments and vertebral artery dissections. Defendants were found not negligent, with the jury confirming that the chiropractor did not act negligently in his care and treatment of Plaintiff and finding that vertebral artery dissections are not a significant risk of neck chiropractic adjustments.

07/05/2022

This podcast highlights the history and success of Hmong American Farmers Association and Lind Jensen Sullivan & Peterson, P.A. partner Susan Stokes’ work with them. Susan is experienced at assisting nonprofit organizations and farmers in responding to some of the unique challenges they face. Susan’s insights begin at minute 24:08 of the podcast.

‎Show Love Takes Action, Ep Hmong American Farmers Association, When Food is Medicine - Jul 5, 2022

06/01/2022

On June 1, 2022, Katie H. Storms became a Director, joining the equity partners at Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, P.A. Ms. Storms graduated from the University of St. Thomas School of Law in 2006, and joined the firm as an associate in May 2015. She became a shareholder in January 2019, and focuses her practice on the defense of workers’ compensation and employment-related disputes. In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Storms mentors newer attorneys and law students, volunteers with multiple organizations, and enjoys spending time with her children and family. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Defense Lawyer’s Association, and is a regular speaker on a variety of topics including ethics, insurance coverage, and Medicare issues. Ms. Storms is licensed to practice in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

05/19/2022

Brian Wood and Brandon Meshbesher successfully opposed a Petition for Review to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The case involved an individual who was accused of posting Plaintiffs’ photographs, along with sexually suggestive and degrading captions about them, on a members-only fe**sh website. It was a consolidated appeal from two separate lawsuits brought by eight individual Plaintiffs. We represented the Defendant’s homeowners insurer and intervened in the lawsuits to contest coverage. The insured asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination in response to discovery requests served on behalf of the insurer. In a published decision, Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor of the insurer in both cases, holding that the Defendant violated policy provisions requiring the insured to cooperate in the investigation and truthfully represent all material facts. Link v. Link, 972 N.W.2d 630 (Wis. Ct. App. 2022). The Defendant filed a Petition for Review with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and that petition was denied on May 18, 2022. Link v. Link is an important decision that further defines the rights and obligations of insurers and their insureds in the state of Wisconsin.