Illinois Farmers Insurance Co. v. League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust

I agree with the majority that the bookmobile was not a vehicle being used in the business of transporting persons or property within the meaning of Minn.Stat. § 65B.47, subd. I. I write separately only to identify a second, independent basis for reversal, in the event further appellate review calls into question the basis relied upon by the majority.2

Before both the district court and this court, appellant has argued that Sande-fur’s injury did not arise out of the maintenance or use of a motor vehicle. Respondent concedes that, despite an earlier, unappealed, trial court ruling to the…