High Court Affirms Ruling for Minnesota Vikings Employees

The Minnesota Supreme Court has affirmed a trial court’s ruling for employees of the Minnesota Vikings, who were sued by the widow of Korey Stringer, a Vikings football player who died in the summer of 2001 from complications of heat stroke brought on by the team’s practices.   Specifically, the court found that the employees were acting within the “course and scope” of their employment in attempting to render care to Stringer.   The impetus of the litigation was a series of ev