Legal Opinion
Farmers Union Oil Co. v. Mutual Service Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided May 3, 1988No. CX-87-2507PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CRIPPEN, Judge.
Farmers Union Oil Company (“Farmers Union”) appeals from a declaratory judgment finding that Mutual Service Insurance Company (“MSI”) was not obligated under a liability insurance policy to defend them in a lawsuit.
FACTS
In July 1985, Roger Tostenson, a Swift County farmer, contacted Farmers Union, an agricultural cooperative. He requested that the cooperative spray 268 acres of his corn with Poast herbicide mixed with 2-4-D and oil, in an effort to control a wild proso millet weed problem he was having.
Tostenson was told by Ernie Christian-son of Farmers Union that Poast…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Atwater Creamery Co. v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- Prahm v. Rupp Construction Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- Caspersen v. WebberSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. BartlettSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Johnson v. Aid Ins. Co. of Des Moines, Ia.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Diocese of Winona v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Wakefield Pork, Inc. v. Ram Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2007
- Rulli v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1992
- Sphere Drake Insurance Co. v. Tremco, Inc.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1994
- Diocese of Winona v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1994
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