Legal Opinion

American National Fire Insurance Co. v. Estate of Fournelle

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 28, 1991No. C8-90-491PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

YETKA, Justice.

Insurer-respondent, American National Fire Insurance Company, brought this declaratory judgment action to determine its obligation under a homeowners’ policy that provided personal liability coverage for Robert Fournelle and his wife, Joanne Grimsrud, as named insureds. Grimsrud filed for divorce and got a court order *293granting her temporary possession of and excluding Fournelle from the insured premises. Fournelle shot and killed their children while visiting them at his wife’s house. The question arose as to whether the policy allowed the trustees of the deceased children to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Miller v. ShugartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
  2. Atwater Creamery Co. v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
  3. Morgan v. Greater New York Taxpayers Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
  4. Nordby v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
  5. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Globe Indemnity Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1975

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3Cited by29 opinions

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  2. BP America, Inc. v. State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2005
  3. Northwest G.F. Mutual Insurance Co. v. NorgardNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Michael Carbone, Inc. v. General Accident InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1996
  5. California Casualty Insurance v. Northland InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1996

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