Legal Opinion
Swenson v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 2013No. 26424PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERTSON, Chief Justice.
[¶ 1.] Jamie Swenson and Randy Stewart entered into a contract with Dale Jelen, d/b/a DJ Construction, LLC (collectively DJ Construction), in 2007 to build a home on their property. In 2009, construction on the home was halted after Swenson and Stewart discovered the home had sustained significant water damage. Swenson and Stewart brought suit against DJ Construction, seeking to recover for the damage to their home and DJ Construction’s failure to complete the home. DJ Construction contacted its insurer, Auto-Owners Insurance Company (Owners), seeking defense and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Haugan v. Home Indemnity CompanySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1972
- Alverson v. Northwestern National Casualty Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
- Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad v. AcuitySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2009
- City of Fort Pierre v. United Fire & Casualty Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
- Biegler v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 2001
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Lori Peterson v. The Travelers Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2017
- Owners Insurance Co. v. Tibke Construction, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 2017
- Western National Mutual Insurance Co. v. TSP, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 2017
- Western National Mutual Insurance Co. v. Gateway Building Systems, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 2016
- S.D. Petroleum Release Compensation Fund v. BpSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2020
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