AID Insurance Co. (Mutual) v. Continental Western Insurance Co.

KELLEY, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the Minnesota No-Fault Reparations Act obligates an insurer licensed to do business in this state to provide basic economic loss benefits to its insured injured in a Minnesota accident, even though its insured is a nonresident and has no vehicles in Minnesota at the time of the accident, at priority level 4(a) of Minn.Stat. § 65B.47 (1984). The trial court in granting summary judgment held that it was. The Court of Appeals affirmed.1 We reverse.

The parties conceded there existed no genuine issues of material fact and submitted the issue to the…