Court Opinion

ID: 9884109
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Date Created: 2023-10-06 02:37:24.103374+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:35.697707
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LANSING, Judge
(concurring specially).
In Hosley v. Armstrong Cork Co., 383 N.W.2d 289 (Minn.1986), the supreme court declined to hold as a matter of law that Johns-Manville’s share was uncollectible. On remand Pittsburgh Corning brought a motion under Minn.Stat. § 604.02, subd. 2 (1984), to determine Johns-Manville’s share uncollectible. The trial court denied the motion.
I concur in affirming the trial court’s implicit holding that the motion is not time-barred and its explicit holding that a determination of uncollectibility is premature. As a severed party, Johns-Manville is not bound by the prior judgment; its actual percentage of fault is yet to be determined. The requirements of due process and Minn. Stat. § 604.02 would suggest that a determination of the liability should precede a decision on whether it is collectible.