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Marie Stevenson serves as the Managing Editor and Research Contributor for Justice-Denied and is the CFO of Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI), a Fergus Falls-based internet retailer. With over 36 years of experience at STSI, Marie is a seasoned systems architect and database developer. Outside of her professional life in Fergus Falls, Marie is a dedi...

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By Marie StevensonPublished September 18, 2026About 17 min read
The Candor Files

When False Statements Become Litigation Strategy

How repeated misstatements can overwhelm page limits, distort the record, and become a litigation strategy.

During the course of our lawsuit, one thing became painfully obvious from the outset: truth was often treated as optional. Here at Justice-Denied.org, we have documented the pattern of perjury, deleted evidence…
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By Marie StevensonPublished September 8, 2026Updated November 2, 2026About 10 min read
The Privacy Files

HRO Petitions: Protected by Law, Targeted for Exposure

Defendants sought to redesignate an HRO petition, an ex parte protection order, and decades of medical history as public—even though federal law, Minnesota’s internet-access rules, and the court’s own record-access rules recognize why those materials require protection.

HRO Petitions: Protected by Law, Targeted for Exposure The Federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) There is a reason Minnesota does not place Domestic Abuse Order for Protection (OFP) and Harassment Restraining Order…
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By Marie StevensonPublished September 3, 2026Updated October 29, 2026About 15 min read

The Eggshell Plaintiff Rule: When Vulnerability Matters Under Minnesota Law

How the eggshell plaintiff rule and Minnesota IIED law account for vulnerability—and why Cafferty mattered in our case.

Key Takeaways The eggshell plaintiff rule generally holds wrongdoers responsible for harm even when a victim is unusually vulnerable. Under Minnesota IIED law, a defendant’s knowledge of a person’s peculiar…
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By Marie StevensonPublished August 21, 2026Updated August 24, 2026About 16 min read
The Privacy Files

A Protective Order Under Attack

The Post-Judgment Battle Over Medical Records, Genetic Data, and Private Evidence

Our Protective Order History In one of my last blog posts, A Protective Order That Protected Nothing, I explained the sheer number of protective-order violations that occurred during our litigation. I also explained…
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By Marie StevensonPublished July 25, 2026Updated September 12, 2026About 9 min read
The Candor Files

When Attorney Confidence Replaces Candor

How a statement about deleted text messages shaped a critical discovery hearing

In litigation, courts depend on attorneys to accurately describe the facts before them. Judges frequently must make decisions based not on every underlying document or piece of evidence, but on the representations made…
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By Marie StevensonPublished July 22, 2026Updated August 27, 2026About 20 min read
The Candor Files

When an Attorney Drives a False Narrative

How an attorney's false claim undermined sworn testimony

An attorney does not need to fabricate an entire event at the center of a lawsuit to distort a judicial decision. Sometimes, one invented detail is enough. A supposed trip. A supposed habit. A seemingly specific fact…
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By Marie StevensonPublished June 9, 2026Updated August 6, 2026About 5 min read

Break the Cycle

Refusing to accept abuse, deceit, corruption, and injustice

I was sixteen, living on my own, juggling multiple jobs to survive. Sitting in the high school guidance counselor’s office nearly forty years ago, trying to navigate personal chaos and an uncertain future, he looked at…
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By Marie StevensonPublished April 24, 2026Updated August 6, 2026About 4 min read

Concurrent Injustice: Minnesota’s “Volume Discount” for Predators

Why Minnesota’s sentencing guidelines fail victims of abuse

For the first 50 years of my life as a Minnesota citizen, I never gave much thought to the justice system. I had never stepped inside a courtroom. I had never been deposed. I had never needed a lawyer. I assumed that if…
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By Marie StevensonPublished April 17, 2026Updated August 6, 2026About 7 min read
The Privacy Files

When Seeking Justice Means Surrendering Your Privacy

How a lawsuit opened the door to surveillance, fear, and the loss of safety at home

The moment I saw the unfamiliar car creeping slowly past our home, lingering just long enough to study the property, I knew something was wrong. Days later, that uneasy feeling was confirmed: a private investigator had…
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By Marie StevensonPublished March 18, 2026Updated August 5, 2026About 11 min read

Writing Back Against Revictimization

When abuse victims are ignored, blamed, or mocked by the judicial system, telling the truth in their own words can become an act of survival.

Marie Stevenson - Writing My Story There is a special kind of pain that comes when you finally find the courage to speak about abuse, only to discover that the people and institutions who should listen instead minimize…
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By Marie StevensonPublished February 25, 2026Updated August 6, 2026About 9 min read
The Privacy Files

A Protective Order That Protected Nothing

What happens when confidentiality is promised on paper but left unenforced in practice.

If a judge signed a protective order to guard your most sensitive life details from disclosure to the general public in a civil lawsuit, what would you expect? Would you expect the judge to enforce it? Would you expect…
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By Marie StevensonPublished February 17, 2026Updated August 25, 2026About 7 min read
The Privacy Files

Piercing Spousal Privilege

A personal account of the fight to protect a private marital communication from compelled disclosure.

Can a Minnesota district court judge pierce spousal privilege by ordering production of a private communication between a husband and wife? In our case, the answer – at least at the district court level – was yes. Judge…
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About the author

Marie Stevenson

Marie Stevenson serves as the Managing Editor and Research Contributor for Justice-Denied and is the CFO of Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI), a Fergus Falls-based internet retailer. With over 36 years of experience at STSI, Marie is a seasoned systems architect and database developer. Outside of her professional life in Fergus Falls, Marie is a dedicated writer, reader, wife, mother of two, and cancer survivor.