Legal Opinion
Ka Ying Vue v. State Farm Insurance Companies
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 6, 1998No. C1-97-632PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARDEBRING, Justice.
In this case, ah automobile insurer challenges the presumption, created by statute and case law, that the person named on an automobile title as buyer is the vehicle’s owner. Instead, the insurer, relying on the theories. of joint ownership arising out of marital dissolution laws, asks us to establish a presumption that the spouse of the individual named on the vehicle title is also an owner. Because we find no basis in the Minnesota No-Fault Act or in our previous cases for such a position, we reject the insurer’s claim and affirm the court of appeals.
Respondent Ka…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hibbing Education Ass'n v. Public Employment Relations BoardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- SCSC Corp. v. Allied Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
- Meister v. Western National Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
- Nygaard v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- Hanson v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1987
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- American National General Insurance Co. v. SolumSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
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