Legal Opinion
Wong v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 23, 1998No. C7-96-2200PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, Justice.
While driving home to the Twin Cities from a business trip to Wisconsin and northern Minnesota, respondent Peter Wong hit a deer on Highway 169 and was severely injured. Wong filed an uninsured motorist claim with American Family Insurance, claiming that another driver had first hit the deer and left it lying in the highway. American Family denied the claim, and Wong filed suit against the company. At trial, the district court instructed the jury on negligence and Minn.Stat. § 169.42 (1996), which prohibits persons from placing certain objects in the highway. The…
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