Legal Opinion
Auto-Owners Insurance Co. v. Forstrom
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 5, 2004No. C8-03-296PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAGE, Justice.
In this case, Auto-Owners Insurance Company (Auto-Owners) 1 asks us to determine whether extrinsic evidence of ownership of a motor vehicle'may be introduced to rebut the presumption that the person named in the vehicle’s certificate of title is the vehicle’s true owner. Because we find no basis to permit the introduction of extrinsic evidence, we reject Auto-Owners’ claim and affirm the court of appeals.
The facts of this case are not in dispute. On May 13, 2000, Mark Heath was operating a 1988 Chevrolet Beretta owned by Alisha Dennis with her permission. At or near the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lefto v. Hoggsbreath Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
- Jorgensen v. KnutsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2003
- Ka Ying Vue v. State Farm Insurance CompaniesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
- Arneson v. Integrity Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
- Welle v. ProzinskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
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3Cited by7 opinions
- West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. v. Allstate Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2009
- Pepper v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2012
- Schroeder v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2015
- Illinois Farmers Insurance Co. v. MarvinCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2006
- Carmen Schroeder v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2015
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