Legal Opinion
Weaver v. State Farm Insurance Companies
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 27, 2000No. C9-98-1859, C3-98-2098, C1-98-2231PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUSSELL A. ANDERSON, Justice.
In these three consolidated cases we examine the authority and jurisdiction of a no-fault arbitrator to award benefits when the insured has refused to attend an independent medical examination (IME) because of the insurer’s nonpayment of a disputed claim. We hold that under the Minnesota No-Fault Act, Minn.Stat. § 65B.41-.71 (1998), the arbitrator has authority, on a case by case basis, to award, suspend or deny benefits based on the arbitrator’s determination of. the reasonableness of the request for or the refusal to attend the IME.
In these three cases,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bobich v. OjaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
- Layne-Minnesota Co. v. Regents of the University of MinnesotaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
- Johnson v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- Nicollet Restoration, Inc. v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
- Hilltop Construction, Inc. v. Lou Park ApartmentsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Camacho v. Todd and Leiser HomesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
- Alpine Glass, Inc. v. Illinois Farmers InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
- Gilder v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2003
- Western National Insurance Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2011
- Garlyn, Inc. v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2012
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