Paula Vraa, Jennifer Young and David Wilk recently obtained a favorable decision from the Minnesota Supreme Court on behalf of a local contractor. The opinion, written by Justice Christopher J. Dietzen, holds that the contractor’s employees were not third-party beneficiaries of the construction contract between the contractor and the City of Minneapolis. As a result, the employees did not have the right to sue their employer for what they perceived to be a breach of the construction contract. The employees’ other claims, under the Minnesota Payment of Wages Act and for unjust enrichment, were dismissed as contingent on the third-party beneficiary claim. The full opinion can be found here.
