Legal Opinion
Mutual Service Casualty Insurance Co. v. Wilson Township
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided December 21, 1999No. C0-99-898PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHORT, Judge.
Mutual Service Casualty Insurance Company (MSI) brought this declaratory judgment action to determine insurance coverage for an automobile accident caused by a drunken driver returning home from a town festival. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the trial court found the liquor liability exclusion contained in MSI’s policy was unambiguous but inapplicable because the insured, Wilson Township, was not engaged in the business of selling alcoholic beverages.
FACTS
Since 1982, Wilson Township and the volunteer Wilson Fire Department have sponsored an annual, one-day…
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