Legal Opinion
Garvis v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 19, 1993No. C4-92-1562PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
We are presented with five certified questions from the federal district court relating to whether an insurer had a duty under its policy to defend and indemnify a claim for emotional distress asserted by an injured claimant against the insured.
Plaintiff Patricia Garvis thought she had purchased auto insurance from Robert De-muth, Jr., and the Demuth Agency. De-muth, however, failed to process her insurance application to Allstate Insurance Company. On February 3, 1990, Garvis was in a serious two-car accident, in which one of her passengers was killed, her son was injured,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miller v. ShugartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
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- Prahm v. Rupp Construction Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- Brown v. State Automobile & Casualty UnderwritersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- M.H. v. Caritas Family ServicesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
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