Ms. Reisbord has, through her insurance coverage and appellate advocacy experience, helped to develop and clarify the law on a number of issues of importance to both her insurer clients and their insureds.

Obtained dismissal of a demand for appraisal based on property policy’s two-year suit limitations provision.

Part of appellate team that obtained North Dakota Supreme Court affirmance of summary judgment granted insurer based on meaning of “insured premises;” Clark v. Farmers Union Mut. Ins. Co., 2015 ND 300, 872 N.W.2d 620.

Successfully argued and obtained the first Minnesota appellate decision formally recognizing the distinction between “the” and “any” insured in a policy exclusion; SECURA Supreme Ins. Co. v. M.S.M., 755 N.W.2d 320 (Minn. Ct. App. 2008).

Successfully argued on behalf of all insurer appellants and obtained a favorable decision from the Minnesota Supreme Court articulating principles related to time-on-the-risk method of allocating insurance coverage in construction defect litigation, and method of allocating defense costs; Wooddale Builders, Inc. v. Maryland Cas. Co., 722 N.W.2d 283 (Minn. 2006).

Additional Representative Cases
Addressing statutory immunity associated with a counselor’s duty to warn of threatening statements made by patient during a counseling session; Expose v. Thad Wilderson & Assocs., P.A., 863 N.W.2d 95 (Minn. Ct. App. 2015).

Addressing agent’s authority to bind high risk workers’ compensation coverage at time of application.

Affirming summary judgment finding no coverage for class action settlement of student loan dispute.

Affirming summary judgment in slip and fall case.

Addressing scope of appraisal provision in homeowner’s policy; Quade v. SECURA Ins. Co., 814 N.W.2d 703 (Minn. 2012).

Dismissing property insurer’s claims for subrogation and contribution from “forced placed” insurance carrier.

Upholding dismissal of medical malpractice case based on insufficiencies in expert witness affidavits.

Applying primary assumption of risk doctrine to skier/skier collision; Peterson ex. rel. Peterson v. Donahue, 733 N.W.2d 790 (Minn. Ct. App. 2007). 

Obtained dismissal based on statute of limitations.

Interpreting and applying real property improvement statute of repose to contribution claim; Weston v. McWilliams & Assocs., Inc., 716 N.W.2d 634 (Minn. 2006).

Burden of proof in workers' compensation subrogation action and effect of 2000 amendments to Workers Compensation Act; Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. Bjelland, 710 N.W.2d 634 (Minn. 2006).

Priority of insurance coverage; Carolina Cas. Ins. Co. v. Burbach, 354 F.3d 929 (8th Cir. 2004).

Construction defect coverage case.

Affirming summary judgment and finding no duty to defend based on numerous policy conditions and exclusions.

Upholding summary judgment on uninsured motorist claim based on failure to establish causation.

Addressing scope of coverage under blanket additional insured endorsement; Andrew L. Youngquist, Inc. v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 625 N.W.2d 178 (Minn. Ct. App. 2001). 

Medical malpractice action concerning proper service of process on members of purported joint enterprise for statute of limitations purposes; Mellett v. Fairview Health Servs., 634 N.W.2d 421 (Minn. 2001).

Holding that award of medical expenses does not require award of pain and suffering damages; Raze v. Mueller, 587 N.W.2d 645 (Minn. 1999).

Involving application of sexual abuse statute of limitations to claim of repressed memory; W.J.L. v. Bugge, 573 N.W.2d 677 (Minn. 1998).

Affirming dismissal of claim brought pursuant to Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Upholding denial of coverage based on non-trucking use limitation in commercial auto policy.

Apportioning uninsured motorists benefits between UM carriers; Cont'l Cas. Inc. Co. v. Teachers Ins. Co., 532 N.W.2d 275 (Minn. Ct. App. 1998).

Opinion addressing contractual waiver of subrogation.

Obtained summary judgment in Federal Employer's Liability Act case involving indemnification claim; Servais v. T.J. Mgmt. of Minneapolis, Inc., 973 F. Supp. 885 (D. Minn. 1997).

Contractual indemnification case; Katzner v. Kelleher Const., 545 N.W.2d 378 (Minn. 1996). 

Reinstating directed verdict based on open and obviousness of hazard; Baber v. Dill, 531 N.W.2d 493 (Minn. 1995).

Rejecting claim for prejudgment interest where policy limits were tendered within 30-days of demand.

Affirming summary judgment to insurance carrier based on insured’s late notice of claim; Hooper v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 552 N.W.2d 31 (Minn. Ct. App. 1996).

Enforcing indemnification under paragraph 7 of the AGC Standard Subcontract Agreement; Van Vickle v. C. W. Scheurer and Sons, Inc., 556 N.W.2d 238 (Minn. Ct. App. 1996).