# Krueger v. Zeman Construction Co.

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · April 29, 2010 · 781 N.W.2d 858

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9661768

## Case

- **Full name:** Pamela KRUEGER, Appellant, Diamond Dust Contracting, LLC, Plaintiff, v. ZEMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Respondent
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** April 29, 2010
- **Citations:** 781 N.W.2d 858; 109 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 151; 2010 Minn. LEXIS 193; 2010 WL 1707274
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Page
- **Judges:** Magnuson, Anderson, Paul, Meyer
- **Cited by:** 45 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that the MHRA specifically prohibits certain conduct in particular contexts, and declining to read a cause of action for discrimination for a person not a party to a contract, where the MHRA does not specifically provide one
- recognizing that appellate courts must accept allegations of non-moving' party as true when reviewing district court’s decision on motion to dismiss
- stating that courts construe statutory language words and phrases “according to their most natural and obvious usage” (quotation omitted)
- affirming dismissal for failure to state a claim of action by an individual who had no right to sue under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, discussing the issue both in terms of “statutory standing” and as a question of whether the statute “provide[s] a cause of action”
- affirming dismissal for failure to state a claim by an individual who had no right to sue under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, discussing the issue both in terms of “statutory standing” and as a question of whether the statute “provide[s] a cause of action”

## Opinion text

PAGE, Justice
(dissenting).
I join in the dissent of Justice Paul H. Anderson.

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