Erik T. Salveson

Representative Matters

• Brower v. Kane et. al. – Partership dispute
• Roth v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, summary judgment – insurance coverage claim
• Hansen v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, summary judgment – insurance coverage claim, affirmed by the Minnesota Court of Appeals
• The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Weiher, 2015 WL 7729493 (8th Cir. 2015), insurance coverage/rescission action
• Dawson v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co., summary judgment – insurance coverage claim
• Interstate Logo, Inc. v. Logo Signs of America, Inc., arbitration trial 2013 – partnership dispute
• Larson v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co., 855 N.W.2d 293 (Minn. 2015) – insurance coverage/rescission action
• Interstate Logo, Inc. v. Logo Signs of America, Inc., arbitration trial 2012 – partnership dispute
• Rosholt v. Blaw Knox Construction Equipment Corporation, summary judgment – construction equipment product liability claim
• Stengrim v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, summary judgment – insurance coverage claim
• Steinhagen v. Wachholz Masonry, Inc., jury trial – fire property damage claim
• Miller v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, 392 F.3d 973 (8th Cir. 2004), summary judgment affirmed by Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals – insurance coverage claim
• Eick v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, summary judgment – insurance coverage claim
• Budzak v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, court trial – insurance coverage claim
• Transit Team, Inc. v. Metropolitan Council and Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc., court trial – government contract bid protest case
• Bright Wood Corporation v. Bankers Standard Insurance Company, summary judgment – product liability claim
• Dahlin, et al. v. Wagener, property dispute
• Highland Manufacturing Co.  v. Carlson Systems Corporation et al., jury trial – product liability claim
• Mason Bros. Co. v. Mchugh Software International, Inc., arbitration – product liability claim regarding computer software
• Matteson v. Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, et al., court trial – product liability claim
• Smuck v. Scaffold Service, Inc., jury trial – breach of contract claim

• Fraser Shipyards, Inc. v. Simon Aerials, Inc., jury trial – wrongful death product liability claim
• Wagener v. Western National Mutual Insurance Company, et al., jury trial – motor vehicle wrongful death claim
• McCarthy v. Target and Ingersoll Rand Company, summary judgment affirmed by the Minnesota Court of Appeals – product liability claim
• Comfort Lake Association, Inc. v. Dressel Contracting, Inc., and Fain Company, 138 F.3d 351 (8th Cir. 1998), summary judgment affirmed by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals – Clean Water Act Claim
• Kraft v. Ingersoll Rand Company, Inc., et al., summary judgment – product liability personal injury claim
• Roensch v. Properties by Velasco, jury trial – personal injury claim
• McKean v. LaCroix, jury trial – motor vehicle accident claim
• Anderson v. State of Minnesota, et al., jury trial – motor vehicle accident claim
• Nelson v. United Products Corporation of America, Inc., summary judgment – personal injury claim
• Martin v. Yates American Machine Company, et al., summary judgment – personal injury product liability claim
• Sunrise Specialty v. S.A. Comet, et al., summary judgment – personal injury product liability claim
• Koronis Parts v. Productivity, Inc., et al., jury trial – product liability claim
• Suiter v. CocaCola Bottling Midwest, Inc., summary judgment – motor vehicle accident personal injury claim
• GeLet Corp. et al. v. Maryland Casualty Company, et al., court trial – fire property damage claim
• White v. Travelers Insurance Company, et al., summary judgment – motor vehicle accident personal injury claim
• Deters v. Columbia Heights Motors, et al., summary judgment – breach of contract claim
• Bureau of Engraving, Inc. v. Federal Insurance Company, 5 F.3d 1175 (8th Cir. 1993), insurance coverage claim
• O’Byrne v. Holland Ladder & Manufacturing, Inc., jury trial – personal injury product liability claim
• Goetze v. Lachinski, et al., jury trial – motor vehicle accident claim
• Haliday, et al. v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, jury trial – insurance coverage claim

Professional Associations

• Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA)
• State Bar of Wisconsin
• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• American Bar Association (ABA)
• Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota
• Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA)
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), Trial Lawyer Honorary Society

Community Engagement

• Past President, Vice President and Church Council, Mount Calvary Lutheran Church