Wojciak v. Northern Package Corp.

PETERSON, Justice.

Michael Wojciak brought an action in Hennepin County District Court against Northern Package Corporation seeking damages for wrongful discharge, alleged to have been a retaliation for his making a claim for workers’ compensation. Northern tendered defense of the action to National Surety Corporation, which had furnished it a standard workers’ compensation and employers’ liability policy, and to American Insurance Company, which had furnished it a general liability policy. Upon the insurers’ refusal to defend, Northern served an answer denying the alleged retaliatory…