Legal Opinion
Mutual Service Casualty Insurance Co. v. Luetmer
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided August 13, 1991No. C4-91-207PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUSPENI, Judge.
Mutual Service Casualty Insurance Company (MSI) appeals from a summary judgment award in favor of respondents A1 Luetmer and Meire Grove Cooperative Creamery Association in which the trial court determined that MSI was obligated to pay the attorney fees of counsel which respondents selected when MSI had offered to defend them under a reservation of rights. We reverse.
FACTS
Luetmer was president of the Meire Grove Cooperative Creamery Association. Norbert Gramke was a contract hauler of milk with Meire Grove. Gramke’s milk hauling route included a farm-to-creamery portion…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Prahm v. Rupp Construction Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
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