Larson • King partners Mark Solheim and Rick Bale successfully defended an arson jury trial in Hennepin County recently. In the case, the plaintiffs alleged that their home was accidentally burned as a result of an unidentified electrical cause. Under Minnesota law, the burden of proof shifted to the firm’s client to establish arson. Messrs. Solheim and Bale presented their cause and origin case through testimony offered by the State Fire Marshal and an electrical engineer and successfully established that the plaintiffs intentionally set fire to their home, resulting in a defense verdict for the firm’s client.
For more information, please contact Mark Mark Solheim or Rick Bale .