Legal Opinion
Sender v. Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided November 24, 1987No. C2-87-1206PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOZNIAK, Judge.
This is an appeal from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment on two issues. The trial court ruled that the insurer breached its duty to defend under its contract with the insured, but that the insurer had no duty to indemnify the insured for damages sustained as a result of a lawsuit against them by a third party. We reverse the trial court on the insurer’s duty to defend, and affirm the trial court’s determination that there was no duty to indemnify.
FACTS
The underlying litigation. In the summer of 1981, Valerie Kolbert and Doreen Treat considered the possibility…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Iowa Kemper Insurance Co. v. StoneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Durfee v. Rod Baxter Imports, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Brown v. State Automobile & Casualty UnderwritersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Snydergeneral Corp. v. Great American InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1996
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