RETROACTIVE REVIVAL OF LIABILITY EXPOSURE: A TIME BOMB FOR THE INDUSTRY

By Bruce Jervis, Esq.

Responding to the 2007 collapse of the Interstate 35 bridge in Minneapolis, the Minnesota legislature voted, in 2008, to compensate victims and seek reimbursement from responsible third parties, "notwithstanding any statutory or common law to the contrary." The legislation had the effect of retroactively reviving liability exposure that ... Log in to view the full text.