HOFFMAN v. NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.

No. A06-2275.

764 N.W.2d 34 (2009)

Irene HOFFMAN, et al., Appellants, v. NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY, d/b/a Xcel Energy, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Esades, Lori A. Johnson, Scott W. Carlson, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN; and C. Andrews Waters, Charles S. Siegel, Waters & Kraus, LLP, Dallas, TX; and Mark R. Stanley, Roger L. Mandel, Martin Woodward, Stanley, Mandel & Iola, L.L.P., Dallas, TX; and Jay E. Stuemke, Simon Eddins & Greenstone LLP, Dallas, TX, for appellants.

Timothy Thornton, Kevin M. Decker, Jonathan P. Schmidt, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Karen D. Olson, Ronald M. Giteck, William T. Stamets, Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae Office of the Minnesota Attorney General—Residential and Small Business Utilities Division.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Alison C. Archer, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

David M. Cialkowski, Zimmerman Reed P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; and Hart L. Rabinovitch, Zimmerman Reed P.L.L.P., Scottsdale, AZ; and Stephen Gardner, National Consumer Law Center, Dallas, TX, for amicus curiae National Association of Consumer Advocates.


OPINION

GILDEA, Justice.

Respondent Northern States Power Company ("NSP") supplies appellants Irene and David Hoffman (Minnesota), Jerry Ustanko (North Dakota), and Mulugeta Endayehu (South Dakota) with electrical power.1 Appellants initiated a breach of contract action against NSP alleging that NSP failed to inspect and maintain the point of connection between NSP's service facilities and each customer's electrical equipment...

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