Legal Opinion
Empire Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Carlson
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided October 29, 1991No. C4-91-756PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FOLEY, Judge.
Appellant Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Company commenced a declaratory judgment action against its insureds, respondents Mary and Dawn Carlson, seeking a determination that Empire need not pay no-fault medical benefits for injuries sustained by Dawn. Empire relied on an intentional injury exclusion in its policy and in the Minnesota No-Fault Act. The declaratory judgment action was tried to a jury, which determined Dawn did not intentionally injure herself. Counsel for the Carlsons then moved the trial court for an award of attorney fees under the Declaratory Judgments…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- In Re Matter of Stephen Yagman, Jerry Brown and Gerry Fleischer v. Michael Baden and Sidney WeinbergCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Uselman v. UselmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
- Morrison v. SwensonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
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