Legal Opinion
Daybreak Foods, Inc. v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided November 16, 1993No. C3-93-929PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCHULTZ, Judge.
Appellant Daybreak Foods, Inc. contests a directed verdict for respondent Western National Mutual Insurance Co. that damage caused by an inoperative refrigeration valve was not an “accident” under the policy. We affirm.
FACTS
Daybreak is a wholesaler of raw liquid eggs. In 1990, it purchased a reconditioned ammonia cooling system to refrigerate liquid eggs in silos at its facilities in Long Prairie, Minnesota. Egg product is initially chilled to a temperature below 40 degrees Fahrenheit and then stored in silos where chilled ammonia circulates in wall jackets. It is…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Thiele v. StichSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- Atwater Creamery Co. v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- Bobich v. OjaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
- Peterson v. Little-Giant Glencoe Portable Elevator Division of Dynamics Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- Grossman v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1990
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Daybreak Foods, Inc. v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1993
- Hertz Corp. v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997