Rent-A-Scooter, Inc. v. Universal Underwriters Insurance

Peterson, Justice.

On the afternoon of July 31, 1964, a young man driving a motor scooter rented from Rent-A-Scooter, Inc., a Minneapolis firm, struck an automobile and injured a passenger. The passenger brought suit against Rent-A-Scooter and obtained a default judgment for $10,000. Rent-A-Scooter then filed a declaratory judgment action in the District Court of Hennepin County against its alleged insurer, Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, seeking to shift the burden of the default judgment to Universal Underwriter’s shoulders by obtaining a judicial declaration that there was…