Legal Opinion

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

Decided January 26, 1996No. 95-1892PublishedCited by 52 opinions

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…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Lehman Brothers v. ScheinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Atwater Creamery Co. v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
  3. Bobich v. OjaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
  4. Board of Regents v. Royal Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1994
  5. Faber v. RoelofsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Lockhart v. Cedar Rapids Community School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1997
  2. West Virginia Fire & Casualty Co. v. StanleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Northern Security Insurance v. PerronSupreme Court of Vermont · 2001
  4. C.P. Ex Rel. M.L. v. Allstate Insurance Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Allstate Insurance v. RaynorWashington Supreme Court · 2001

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