Harleysville Insurance Company v. Physical Distribution Services

RILEY, Chief Judge.

This diversity jurisdiction1 case hinges on the interpretation under Minnesota law of two contractual provisions. The first is an indemnification clause in a contract between Physical Distribution Services, Inc. (PDSI)2 and Miller Transporters, Inc. (Miller). The second is a provision in an insurance contract between Harleysville Insurance Co. (Harleysville) and PDSI *454which extends insurance coverage to PDSI’s indemnification of third parties for tort liability “caused, in whole or in part, by [PDSI] or by those acting on [PDSI’s] behalf.” Harleysville brought a declaratory…