Legal Opinion

Century Indemnity Co., a Connecticut Corporation v. Linda Michelle Carlson, Individually, and as Trustee for the Heirs of Donley Allen Carlson

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 7, 1998No. 97-1710PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

This action for declaratory judgment on an insurance policy has its genesis in an automobile/tractor and trailer accident which occurred in Minnesota on October 31,1994. At that time, a tractor and trailer owned by J & T Transport, Inc. (“J & T”), a Minnesota corporation, collided with an automobile driven by Donley Alen Carlson. The accident killed Carlson. Carlson’s widow, Linda Michelle Carlson, brought a wrongful death *593case in the State of Minnesota seeking damages against J & T, John Schimelpfenig (the CEO and sole shareholder of J & T), and Gerald Troy Schubert…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Standard Oil Co. of KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. State of Texas v. United States of America, and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
  3. Bob Roberts, D/B/A Bob Roberts Trucking v. Leonard W. Levine, Commissioner of Transportation of the State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
  4. Royal Indemnity Co. v. JacobsenDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1994
  5. Branson v. MGA Ins. Co., Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

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3Cited by28 opinions

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  4. Bio Gen LLC v. Sarah Huckabee SandersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2025
  5. Canal Insurance v. YMV Transport, Inc.District Court, W.D. Washington · 2011

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