Legal Opinion
Lessard v. Milwaukee Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 25, 1994No. C0-92-1526PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.
Petitioner Robert Lessard seeks review of a decision of the court of appeals holding that an insurer providing underinsured motorist coverage is not hable for preaward interest under Minn.Stat. § 549.09, subd. 1(b) (Supp. 1991) where the amount, when added to the total damage award, would exceed pohcy limits. 1 We affirm.
In July of 1987, a car driven by Jerome Michael Roiger crossed the median and struck the Lessard automobile. Lessard and his wife were seriously injured.
In September 1988, Lessard negotiated a settlement with Roiger’s insurer for $30,000, the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Guin v. HaAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Atwater Creamery Co. v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- Lienhard v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- Denham v. BedfordMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
- Factory Mutual Liability Ins. Co. of Amer. v. CooperSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1970
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Poehler v. Cincinnati Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2017
- Carney v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- Owatonna Clinic-Mayo Health System v. Medical Protective Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
- Trask v. Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
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