Legal Opinion
Austin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided June 16, 1992No. CX-91-2561PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUSPENI, Judge.
State Farm appeals from a judgment confirming an arbitration award and refusing to reduce the award by the amount the injured party received from his employer’s workers’ compensation carrier. We affirm.
FACTS
This appeal involves proceeds received by an injured driver from three separate sources. In 1988 Sandor Austin (“Austin”) sustained serious back and neck injuries in the course of his employment when the car he was driving was hit from behind by another car. Austin sued the other driver, and settled for $30,000, the limit of the other driver’s liability coverage.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Garrick v. Northland Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
- Doe v. Minnesota State Board of Medical ExaminersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
- Cooper v. YounkinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Buck v. SchneiderCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1987
- Arbitration of Fryer v. National Union Fire Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Mark Christinson and Denise Christinson v. Big Stone County Co-Op, a Minnesota Cooperative AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Ray v. City of Maple GroveCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1994
- Ray v. City of Maple GroveCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1994
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