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County v. Bolin Grove Farms, LLC
(June 2, 2025)
Case details
Country
United States
Jurisdiction
Minnesota (MN)
Court
Minnesota Supreme Court
Decided
June 2, 2025
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There
can
be
no
que
stion
that
both
Lofton
and
At
torney
P
r
ic
e
’s
co
nduct
during
discove
ry
was
the
re
su
lt
o
f
the
ir
gross
indifference
to
the
ir
discovery
obligations.
To
acknowledge
one
day
th
a
t
certain
documentation
is
fraudulent
and
the
ne
xt
submit
the
very
same
documentation
as
p
r
o
o
f
o
f
damages
was
a
blatant,
“willful,
intentional,
and
bad
faith
attempt”
by
Lofton
to
deceive
bo
th
Briggs
and
this
Court.
(2)
Whether
th
e
de
terrent
value
o
f
Ru
le
37
may
be
achieved
by
lesser
sanctions
The
Court
has
considered
the
deterrent
va
lue
o
f
le
sse
r
discovery
sanctions,
to
include
assessing
a
tto
rn
e
ys
’
fees
and
reasonable
expenses
incurred
by
Briggs
i
n
uncovering
such
abuse,
excluding
such
evidence
o
f
damages
a
t
trial,
and
disallowing
recovery
as
to
such
damages,
or
any
comb
inatio
n
thereof.
However,
in
ligh
t
o
f
the
egregiousness
o
f
such
violations
and
L
o
f
to
n
’s
response
thereto,
the
Co
urt
does
not
find
th
a
t
anything
less
th
a
n
dismissal
wou
ld
serve
sufficient
deterre
nt
value.
Much
o
f
the
discovery
abuse
unc
overed
b
y
Briggs
was
exposed
b
y
the
August
26,
2020,
email
writt
en
by
Attorney
Price.
Rat
her
than
acknowledging,
as
the
Aug
ust
2
6
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0
2
0
,
email
did,
that,
f
or
example,
the
paid-in-full
invoices
for
Elite
Consultants
were
fraudulent
and,
perhaps,
ha
d
b
e
e
n
inadvertently
prov
ide
d
to
Briggs
in
discovery,
Lofton
denies
any
wrongdoing
and
instead
attempts
to
distract
from
such
de
ception
by
scolding
Briggs
for
even
us
in
g
such
Aug
ust
2
6
,
2
0
2
0
,
disclosures
against
him:
“Briggs
relies
heav
ily
on
the
[August
26,
2020]
pre-suit
correspondence
be
twee
n
Attorney
Price
and
Lof
ton
inten
de
d
to
be
pri
vilege
d
information
and
sent
only
to
one
ot
her
pa
rty
with
the
expectation
o
f
him
b
e
in
g
a
Co-
Pla
int
if
f
to
allege
that
Lof
ton
submitted
fraudulent
documentation.”
Pla
int
if
fs’
Response
in
Opposition
to
Motio
n
to
Dismiss
an
d
Motio
n
for
Reasonable
Expenses
and
At
to
rn
e
ys
’
Fees
Filed
b
y
Briggs
Equipment,
Inc.,
MEC
#174
at
p.
4.
Then,
aft
er
placing
blame
on
the
disclosure
o
f
the
August
26,
2020,
email,
Lof
ton
attempts
to
characterize
such
fraudulent
documentation
as
merely
re
flectiv
e
o
f
“
the
re
al-world
limitations
o
f
a
small
business
responding
to
an
u
rg
e
nt
situation”
rat
he
r
than
anything
fraudulent
or
otherwise
deceptive..
Id.
at
p.
9.
Lof
ton
also
attempts
to
reframe
t
he
narrative
surrounding
such
Aug
ust
26,
2020,
email,
b
y
urging
the
Court
to
see
such
email
a
s
something
to
be
lauded:
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