Loven v. City of Minneapolis

OPINION

BERTRAND PORITSKY, Judge *

Appellants brought an action in district court seeking basic economic loss benefits from the respondent city of Minneapolis pursuant to the no-fault insurance act. Minn.Stat. § 65B.44 (1998). The district court ruled that the limits in the municipal tort liability law, Minn.Stat. § 466.04 (1998), applied to recovery of no-fault benefits from the city. Because we conclude as a matter of law that these limits do not apply, we reverse.

FACTS

At the Holidazzle parade in downtown Minneapolis on December 4, 1998, a city-owned police van driven by a police officer went…