State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Great West Casualty Co.

OPINION

HARTEN, Judge

The district court ordered the parties, both insurers, to arbitrate and confirmed the arbitrators’ award to respondent. Because we see no error in the application of Minnesota law or in the award, we affirm.

FACTS

Mark Anderson was injured in Nevada when a semi-truck driven by Larry Thie-man rear-ended Anderson’s flatbed truck. Anderson, a Minnesota resident, was returning to Minnesota where his flatbed was principally garaged; he was insured by respondent State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (State Farm) under a policy issued in Minnesota. Pursuant to the Minnesota…