Do v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

MINGE, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a claim by appellant injured party against his automobile-insurance carrier for no-fault and underinsurance benefits. Appellant asserts that the district court erred in relying on the collateral-source rule to offset the amount recovered in his prior settlement with the tortfeasor’s liability insurer against a jury award of damages. Because the prior settlement is a collateral source under Minn.Stat. § 548.36 (2006) and was for general unspecified damages, the district court did not err in deducting it from the ultimate jury award in appellant’s…