STATE OF MINNESOTA

IN COURT OF APPEALS

C3-02-1605

Patricia Ludowese Ray,

Respondent,

vs.

Miller Meester Advertising, Inc.,

Appellant,

Robert V. Miller,

Defendant.

Filed June 16, 2003

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded

Gordon W. Shumaker, Judge

Hennepin County District Court

File No. 9817380

Susan M. Coler, Teresa K. Patton, Sprenger & Lang, PLLC, 325 Ridgewood Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403 (for respondent)

Joseph W. Anthony, Mary L. Knoblauch, Anthony Ostlund & Baer, P.A., 3600 Wells Fargo Center, 90 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, MN 55042 (for appellant)

Donald H. Nichols, Nichols, Kaster & Anderson, PLLP, 4644 IDS Center, 80 South 8th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (for amicus curiae National Employment Lawyers Association)