Patti Loso, 57, reads a poem at a vigil at Minneopa State Park on Nov. 30, 2024, for her son Jack, 19, who died from a landslide at the park a year earlier. The Robbinsdale, Minn., family said they intend to file a lawsuit against the state,

The family of Jack Loso, the Minnesota State University, Mankato student who died in a landslide at Minneopa State Park in December 2023, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

The lawsuit accuses the DNR of directing and encouraging visitors to go beneath Minneopa Falls despite knowing there were landslide risks in the area.

The family of a Minnesota State University-Mankato student who died in a landslide at a state park is suing the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The lawsuit, filed in Blue Earth County District Court,