A08-2105, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., Respondent, vs. FLS Transportation, Inc., et al., Appellants, Mark Kummer, et al., Defendants.

State: Minnesota

Court: Court of Appeals

Docket No: A08-2105

Case Date: 09/29/2009

Preview:STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A08-2105 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., Respondent, vs. FLS Transportation, Inc., et al., Appellants, Mark Kummer, et al., Defendants. Filed September 15, 2009 Affirmed Muehlberg, Judge* Hennepin County District Court File No. 27-CV-08-4789 Joseph W. Hammell, Jessie A. Collings, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (for respondent) Dean A. LeDoux, Abigail S. Crouse, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., 500 IDS Center, 80 South Eighth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (for appellants) Considered and decided by Worke, Presiding Judge; Connolly, Judge; and Muehlberg, Judge. SYLLABUS Nonparties to a contract may be bound by a contractual forum-selection clause if they are closely related to the dispute such that it is foreseeable they could be bound by the clause.

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Retired judge of the district court, serving as judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals by appointment pursuant to Minn. Const. art. VI,

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