Allstate Insurance Company v. Teresa J. Steele and James O'hara, and Lynn M. Steele, Custodial Parent and Natural Guardian of B.S., a Minor
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Lynn Steele appeals the district court’s 1 order granting summary judgment to Allstate Insurance Company and denying her motion to certify certain state-law issues to the Minnesota Supreme Court. We affirm.
I
This case arises out of wrongful sexual contact between children. In 1993, B.S. (then twelve years old) was raped by her sixteen-year-old stepbrother, James O’Hara, while she was visiting her father and stepmother (Scott and Teresa Steele). Following the rape, B.S.’s mother, Lynn Steele, sued O’Hara, Scott and Teresa Steele, and James Timothy O’Hara…
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- Lehman Brothers v. ScheinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Atwater Creamery Co. v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- Bobich v. OjaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
- Board of Regents v. Royal Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1994
- Faber v. RoelofsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
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