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Relying on cases from other jurisdictions that were explicitly distinguished in Wendinger, the court of appeals held that pesticide drift can interfere with possession and therefore a trespass action can arise from a chemical pesticide being deposited in [discernible] and consequential amounts onto one agricultural property as the result of errant overspray during application directed at another. Id. The distinction between trespass and nuisance should not be based on whether the object invading the land is tangible or intangible. Section 205.400 confirms that when the NOP regulates drift, that intention is made explicitly clear. But if, as the Johnsons contend, any applicationincluding driftwere prohibited by section 205.202(b), then section 205.671 would be superfluous. Rather, this section governs an organic producer's intentional application of prohibited substances onto fields from which organic products will be harvested .15. The Johnsons seek loss of profits under both the nuisance and negligence per se claims based on their alleged inability to market their crops as organic under 7 C.F.R. In response to this MDA directive, the Johnsons destroyed approximately 10 acres of their soybean crop. This regulation is at the heart of the Johnsons' claim for damages; they argue that the pesticides were prohibited substances that were "applied to" their field during the cooperative's overspraying, preventing them from selling their crops on the organic market. We disagree. The district court concluded that the Johnsons' trespass claim failed as a matter of law, relying on the court of appeals decision in Wendinger v. Forst Farms Inc., 662 N.W.2d 546, 550 (Minn.App.2003), which held that Minnesota does not recognize trespass by particulate matter.5 The district court also concluded that all of the Johnsons' negligence per se and nuisance claims failed as a matter of law because the Johnsons lacked evidence of damages. The OFPA provides important context for interpretation of the regulation because the NOP regulations were drafted to carry out the provisions of the OFPA. 7 U.S.C. Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Coop. We have not specifically considered the question of whether particulate matter can result in a trespass. . 205.202(b). Total views 3. Some particles are sufficiently large or dark to be observable, such as dust, dirt, soot, or smoke. United States Envtl. The Johnsons appeal. Defendant was a company that sprayed pesticide on conventionally farmed fields adjacent to the plaintiffs fields. While the district court, both parties, and the court of appeals characterize the dismissal as one based on a lack of prima facie evidence of damages, the Johnsons clearly made a prima facie showing of damages; they actually took their soybean field back to the beginning of the 3year transition period and lost the opportunity to market crops from that field as organic during that time period. The court of appeals forged new ground in this case and extended Minnesota trespass jurisprudence when it held that a trespass could occur through the entry of intangible objects, such as the particulate matter at issue here. Caminetti v. United States, 242 U.S. 470, 485, 37 S.Ct. 2003), review denied (Minn. Aug. 5, 2003). 205.203(a) (2012) (The producer must select and implement tillage and cultivation practices); 7 C.F.R. Our holding in Wendinger, rejecting the contention that an inactionable odor-based trespass claim is converted into an actionable claim simply because of an odorous fume's nature as a physical substance, is of no controlling force here. 205.202(b), a third party's pesticide drift cannot cause a field to lose organic certification. E .g., In re Cities of Annandale & Maple Lake, 731 N.W.2d 502, 516 (Minn.2007) (considering whether a federal regulation was ambiguous). See id. This provision therefore does not support the conclusion that section 205.202(b) should be read to cover conduct by third parties. Johnson, 802 N.W.2d at 39091. See Borland v. Sanders Lead Co., 369 So.2d 523, 529 (Ala.1979) (Whether an invasion of a property interest is a trespass or a nuisance does not depend upon whether the intruding agent is tangible or intangible . Instead, an analysis must be made to determine the interest interfered with. 205, as the "organic food production law" of Minnesota). Whether plaintiffstrespassclaim fails as a matter of law? WebCase Brief (19,519) Case Opinion (20,322) Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Coop. WebLeesburg Farmers Market. WebPaynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Company :: Supreme Court of the United States :: Administrative Proceeding No. 6511(d). The MDA found that the cooperative repeatedly applied pesticide on windy days. In Highview North Apartments v. County of Ramsey, we held that disruption and inconvenience caused by a nuisance are actionable damages. For instance, the J ohnsons' brief to the Court of Appeals argued that their right of possession was impacted by Paynesville Co-op's actions; but the facts alleged in support of this argument related only to alleged interference with the Johnsons' use of their land. The certifying agent's erroneous interpretation of section 205.202(b) and the OFPA was the proximate cause of the Johnsons' injury, but the Johnsons cannot hold the Cooperative liable for the certifying agent's erroneous interpretation of the law. The district court dismissed these claims on the ground that under Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Coop. Rosenberg v. Heritage Renovations, LLC, 685 N.W.2d 320, 332 (Minn. 2004). After a hearing, the district court granted the Cooperative summary judgment on all of the Johnsons' claims, denied the Johnsons' motion to amend, and vacated the temporary injunction.4. At FindLaw.com, we pride ourselves on being the number one source of free legal information and resources on the web. ; see Highview N. Apartments, 323 N.W.2d at 73. We agree with the district court that section 205.202(b) does not regulate the Cooperative's pesticide drift. 7 U.S.C. They must also certify on an annual basis that they have not sold products labeled as organic except in accordance with the OFPA, and producers must allow the certifying agent an on-site inspection of their farm every year. See 7 U.S.C. 6511(c)(1). Should the agent determine that the residue came from the intentional application of a prohibited substance, the product may not be sold as organic. 205.202(b). 323 N.W.2d 65, 73 (Minn.1982). You already receive all suggested Justia Opinion Summary Newsletters. Oil Co. 817 n.w.2d 693 (minn. 2012) Appellant Paynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Company (Cooperative) was a member owned farm products and services provider that, among other things, applied pesticides to farm fields. Minn.Stat. Id. "Summary judgment is appropriate when the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, shows that there is no genuine issue of material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." 541.07(7) (2010) (creating a 2year statute of limitations for all tort claims against pesticide applicators). Considered and decided by ROSS, Presiding Judge; STAUBER, Judge; and HARTEN, Judge. This Court evaluated the issue by discussing the nature and purpose oftrespasslaw which is to prevent the intentional interference with rights of exclusive possession. The district court dismissed the Johnsons' nuisance and negligence per se claims because the court concluded that the Johnsons had not proven damages. Instead, they primarily complain that the liquid chemicals that the cooperative sprayed into the air from neighboring fields drifted, landed, and remained on the Johnsons' organic crops in detectable form, contaminating them. The Johnsons argue that they had to remove certain fields from organic production for 3 years because pesticides were applied to those fields in violation of 7 C.F.R. The Environmental Protection Agency defines particulate matter as a complex mixture of extremely small particles and liquid droplets made up of a number of components, including acids (such as nitrates and sulfates), organic chemicals, metals, and soil or dust particles. United States Envtl. See 7 U.S.C. The OFPA also specifically provides that producers of organic products shall not apply materials to seeds or seedlings that are contrary to, or inconsistent with, the applicable organic certification program. 7 U.S.C. 205.201(a) (2012) (The producer or handler must develop an organic production or handling system plan); 7 C.F.R. Minn. R. Civ. 6501-6523 (2006) (OFPA), on regulating the practices of the producer of organic products, the phrase unambiguously regulates behavior by the producer. 802 N.W.2d at 390. Case brief Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Co-op Oil Comp., 817 N.W.2d 693 (2012) Facts: Appellant Paynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Company is a member owned farm that has products and services, among other things, applies pesticides to farm fields. Respondents Oluf and Debra Johnsons are organic farmers. We therefore hold that the district court did not err in concluding that the Johnsons' trespass claim failed as a matter of law.10. 6511(c)(2)(B). In summary, we conclude that the Johnsons' trespass claim, and nuisance and negligence per se claims based on 7 C.F.R. ] The court concludes that this regulation does not apply to the alleged conduct here because a pesticide is not applied to a farm if its presence is caused by drift, as opposed to being directly applied by the organic farmer. We have previously held that invasion by water constitutes a trespass and invasion by a bullet constitutes a trespass. The Johnsons claimed that the pesticide drift caused them economic damages because they had to take the contaminated fields out of organic production for three years pursuant to 7 C.F.R. The district court granted summary judgment in the cooperative's favor and dismissed all of the Johnsons' claims. Appellant Paynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Company (Cooperative) is a member owned farm products and services provider that, among other things, applies pesticides to farm fields. The district court denied the Johnsons' motion to amend their complaint to include claims based on the 2008 incidents because amendment would be futile. This ruling was based on the court's conclusions that Minnesota does not recognize a claim for trespass by particulate matter and that the Johnsons could not prove any negligence per se or nuisance damages based on 7 C.F.R. 205.203(c) (2012) (The producer must manage plant and animal materials). 2(b) (2010), and to spray pesticide in a manner "inconsistent with a label or labeling," Minn. Stat. 80,548, 80,556 (Dec. 21, 2000) (codified at 7 C.F.R. Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Coop. Co., 104 Wash.2d 677, 709 P.2d 782, 791 (Wash.1985) (When airborne particles are transitory or quickly dissipate, they do not interfere with a property owner's possessory rights and, therefore, are properly denominated as nuisances.). But when the Johnsons gave the cooperative an invoice documenting their losses from the overspray, the cooperative refused to pay. Regarding the Johnsons' negligence per se claim, we have recognized that negligence per se is a form of ordinary negligence that results from violation of a statute. Anderson, 693 N.W.2d at 189 (quoting Seim v. Garavalia, 306 N.W.2d 806, 810 (Minn.1981)). The use of different words in the two provisions supports the conclusion that the sections address different behavior. See Exelon Generation Co. LLC v. Local 15 Int'l Bhd. There would accordingly be no organic crops left that would be covered under section 205.671 of the NOP or 7 U.S.C. Anderson v. State, Dep't of Natural Res., 693 N.W.2d 181, 186 (Minn. 2005). This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. App., decided July 25, 2011). Ins. The Johnsons, organic farmers, claimed that while Appellant, a cooperative, was spraying pesticide onto conventionally farmed fields adjacent to the Johnsons' fields, some pesticide contaminated the Johnsons' organic fields. . WebCase 1:15-cv-01632-LMB-IDD Document 22 Filed 04/25/16 Page 7 of 20 PageID# 272. See, e.g., Martin v. Reynolds Metals Co., 221 Or. Minn.Stat. But in cases like Bradley and Borland, the courts call[ ] the intrusion of harmful microscopic particles a trespass and not a nuisance, and then us[e] some of the techniques of nuisance law to weigh the amount and reasonableness of the intrusion. Dobbs, supra, 50 at 96. The Cooperative's pesticide drift therefore could not proximately cause the Johnsons' soybean field to be taken out of organic production for 3 years. 12-678 No tags have been at 388. DLH, Inc. v. Russ, 566 N.W.2d 60, 71 (Minn. 1997). Weborganic - Page 14 - Food & Beverage Litigation Update The connection between actual and proximate causation, Aegis Insurance Services, Inc. v. 7 World Trade Co. V. UNITED . Minn.Stat. Thank you and the best of luck to you on your LSAT exam. Under the OFPA and the NOP regulations, a producer cannot market its crops as organic, and receive the premium price paid for organic products, unless the producer is certified by an organic certifying agent. But the disruption to the landowner's exclusive possessory interest is not the same when the invasion is committed by an intangible agency, such as the particulate matter at issue here. Because the Cooperative was not, and could not be, the proximate cause of the Johnsons' damage, we hold that the district court properly granted summary judgment to the Cooperative on the Johnsons' nuisance and negligence per se claims based on section 205 .202(b). This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 205.202(b), unambiguously means that the organic farmer intentionally applied the prohibited substance to the field. In this case, the court concludes that the OFPA's focus on producers and handlers of organic products informs its interpretation that applied to in section 205.202(b) refers only to application of pesticides by the organic farmer. denied (Minn. Aug. 5, 2003); Fagerlie v. City of Willmar, 435 N.W.2d 641, 643, 644 n. 2 (Minn.App.1989) (concluding that claims based upon the emission of offensive odors are nuisance claims, not trespass claims, because the claims alleged interference with [plaintiffs'] use and enjoyment of their land, not invasion of their exclusive possession). 2006) (The distinction between nuisance and trespass is in the difference in the interest interfered with: in a nuisance action it is the use and enjoyment of land, while the interest in a trespass action is the exclusive possession of land.). Therefore, I would allow the suit to go forward and permit the record to be developed to resolve that question. Johnson, 802 N.W.2d at 390. 7 C.F.R. You can opt out at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our newsletter. Office of Appellate Courts . One of the purposes of the OFPA is to establish national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as organically produced products. 7 U.S.C. 205.671confirms this interpretation. So the only question is whether the cooperative's unlawful spraying of the chemical pesticide causing it to drift onto the Johnsons' otherwise chemical-free fields constitutes an unlawful entry. 7 C.F.R. We consider each of these issues in turn. Finally, they allege that Oluf Johnson suffers from cotton mouth, swollen throat and headaches when exposed to pesticide drift. Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Co Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained Quimbee 37.2K subscribers Subscribe 2 Share 167 In this section, drift is the subject of a specific regulation. Filed: August 1, 2012 . See Minn. Stat. A trespass claimant must prove two elements: the plaintiffs rightful possession and the defendant's unlawful entry. Website. Organic farmers Oluf and Debra Johnson filed a civil suit alleging that the Paynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Company sprayed a chemical pesticide that The district court therefore erred by concluding that the Johnsons' trespass claim fails as a matter of law. We first address the district court's conclusion that chemical pesticide drift cannot constitute a trespass. Because these identify at least potential bases to recover damages, see Highview N. Apartments v. Cnty. Id. And we rely on the district court's findings unless they are clearly erroneous. The Court also held that 7 C.F.R. In other words, the question presented is whether the Johnsons created an issue for trial that the Cooperative's pesticide drift required the Johnsons to remove their field from organic production due to 7 C.F.R. (holding that Minnesota law "has not recognized trespass by particulate matter"); The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 1282 (4th ed. Oluf Johnson complained to the cooperative after the 1998 incident, and it apologized, promising to "make it right." St. Paul, MN 55101-2134 (651) 757-1468 The court of appeals reversed and remanded. The difference between ordinary negligence and negligence per se is that in negligence per se, a statutory duty of care is substituted for the ordinary prudent person standard such that a violation of a statute is conclusive evidence of duty and breach. Gradjelick v. Hance, 646 N.W.2d 225, 231 n. 3 (Minn.2002). In deciding whether the regulation is ambiguous, however, we do not construe the regulation in isolation. 205.202(b) (2012), (2) economic damages because they had to destroy some crops, (3) inconvenience, and (4) adverse health effects. The Johnsons' remedy for the certifying agent's error was an appeal of that determination because it was inconsistent with the OFPA. In January 2009, the Johnsons sued the cooperative for the 2005 and 2007 incidents. Oil Co. Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Coop. We need not address the cooperative's plausible assertion that incidental and negligible overspray during agricultural application is inevitable, and therefore not actionable. But section 205.202(b) does not regulate drift; instead, it provides that prohibited substances are not to be applied to organic fields. This action involves alleged pesticide contamination of organic farm fields in central Minnesota. Among other things, section 205.400 requires a producer to [i]mmediately notify the certifying agent concerning any: [a]pplication, including drift, of a prohibited substance to any field that is part of an [organic] operation. 7 C.F.R. The compliance provision requires, as a way to enforce the requirements in the OFPA, that the certifying agent utilize a system of residue testing to test products sold as organically produced. 7 U.S.C. 369 So.2d at 52526. See Flom v. Flom, 291 N.W.2d 914, 917 (Minn.1980) (noting that to satisfy the element of proximate cause there must be a showing that the defendant's conduct was a substantial factor in bringing about the injury). New York - August 11, 2011 . In other words, the Johnsons did not market soybeans harvested from this field as organic for an additional 3 years. See Adams v. ClevelandCliffs Iron Co., 237 Mich.App. Plaintiffs brought actions ontrespass,nuisanceandnegligence per se. . See, e.g., Anderson v. Dep't of Natural Res., 693 N.W.2d 181, 192 (Minn.2005) (discussing our nuisance jurisprudence); Schmidt v. Vill. 2405, 165 L.Ed.2d 345 (2006) ([T]he question is whether Congress intended its different words to make a legal difference. 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WebAppellant Paynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Company (Cooperative) was a member owned farm products and services provider that, among other things, applied Under the NOP regulations, crops may not be sold as organic if the crops are shown to have a prohibited substance on them at levels that are greater than 5 percent of the Environmental Protection Agency's tolerance level for that substance. More. Because the Johnsons did not have any evidence of damages based on the NOP regulations, the court concluded that all of the Johnsons' claims must be dismissed and the temporary injunction vacated. Email Address: The district court consequently denied the Johnsons' request for permanent injunctive relief. 1(2), (3) (2010) (creating a 6year statute of limitations for statutory actions like nuisance and establishing a 6year statute of limitations for trespass). 205.400(f)(1). 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