Michael L. Weiner

About Michael L. Weiner

Mike is a member of the Minnesota Association for Justice, and has chaired a number of committees and served on its Board of Governors. He is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education programs and has written numerous articles and law reviews for legal publications. Mike is also a longtime Adjunct Professor of Law at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN.

Mike is also an avid photographer, and he is happy to share his favorite photographs at this link.

Published Works

Medicare Set-Asides: Uncertainty and Confusion, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Magazine, Winter 2007.
Right to Punitive Damages in Minnesota in the Absence of a Personal Injury, 27 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev 1043, 2000
No-Fault Tort Thresholds, The Plaintiff’s Perspective, 24 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 985, 1998
Weiner and Steenson, Products Liability, MTLA Cause of Action Manual, 3rd ed.
Legal Computer Operator Malpractice: A New Tort, Hennepin County Lawyer, Nov./Dec., 1986
Meeting the Statutory Tort Threshold, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Magazine, Summer, 1994
Judges Speak Out, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Magazine, Spring, 1995
Punitive Damages in Minnesota, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Magazine, Fall, 1995

Representative Cases

Kissoondath v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 620 N.W.2d 909 (Minn. Ct, App. 2001)
Short v. Dairyland Ins. Co., 334 N.W.2d 384 (Minn. 1983)
Kulavic v. Chicago & Illinois Midland Ry. Co., 1 F.3d 507 (C.A.7 (Ill.) 1993)
Forster v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 437 N.W.2d 655 (Minn. 1989)
Pikop v. Burlington Northern R. Co., 390 N.W.2d 743 (Minn. 1986)
Garcia v. Burlington Northern R. Co., 818 F.2d 713 (C.A.10 (Colo.) 1987)
Stevens v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 915 F.2d 1565(Table, Text in WESTLAW), Unpublished (4th Cir 1990)
Melin v. Burlington Northern R. Co., 401 N.W.2d 418 (Minn. Ct. App 1987)
Myers v. John Deere Ltd., 683 F.2d 270 (C.A.8 (N.D.) 1982)
Foss v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (as Amicus Curiae), 1996 Minn. App. LEXIS 1286 (Minn. Ct. App. 1996)
Lindsey v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. (as Amicus Curiae), 775 F.2d 1322 (5th Cir. 1985)
Lundman v. McKown (as Amicus Curiae) , 530 N.W.2d 807, cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1092 (1996) (Minn. Ct. App. 1995)