Legal Opinion

First State Insurance Co. v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided August 15, 1995No. C6-95-539PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Insurers filed a declaratory action in a Minnesota district court against a manufacturer of silicone breast implants to determine product liability coverage. The district court granted them a temporary injunction against litigation of a substantially similar action brought by the manufacturer in Texas state court. We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in granting the injunction, and we affirm.

FACTS

In 1977 Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company (3M) acquired McGhan Medical Corporation, a California corporation that manufactured and sold…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Dahlberg Brothers, Inc. v. Ford Motor CompanySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
  2. Telesco v. Telesco Fuel And Masons' MaterialsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
  3. City of Rose City v. Nutmeg Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  4. Doerr v. WarnerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
  5. Carl Bolander & Sons Co. v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1993

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Chubb Custom Insurance v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2008
  2. Bjorklund v. Bjorklund Trucking, Inc.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2008
  3. Pamela Maslowski v. Prospect Funding Partners LLC, Prospect Funding Holdings LLCCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2017
  4. Advanced Bionics Corp. v. Medtronic, Inc.California Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Advanced Bionics Corp. v. Medtronic, Inc.California Supreme Court · 2003

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