In Village Lofts at St. Anthony Falls v. Housing Partners III; Lofts, LLC, et al, decided January 15, 2020, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued an opinion clarifying application of the Statute of Repose to a multi-unit project. The statute...
The Minnesota Court of Appeals concluded that a Minnesota resident could seek No-Fault benefits from his insurer regardless of priority. In addition, the court reversed the reduction of an arbitration award based on a “Other Insurance” clause within the...
American Family was granted summary judgement by the U.S. District Court for Minnesota because coverage was excluded for an injury arising out of the ownership or use of a watercraft. Pilarski was visiting a cabin owned by his friend...
Colorado’s Supreme Court refused to trim a bad faith award against American Family Mutual Insurance Company in an apartment fire coverage dispute by the amount of policy benefits the insurance company delayed, but ultimately paid to its insureds prior...
When a negligent supervision claim is based entirely on an allegation that an employer should have trained an employee not to intentionally punch a customer in the face, no coverage exists, according to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. In...
In Charles Thesing v. Imperium Insurance Company, Plaintiff Thesing was injured in a car accident and filed an action seeking underinsured motorist benefits from Defendant Imperium Insurance Company. Imperium moved for summary judgment, arguing an exclusion in Thesing’s insurance...
The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently affirmed a trial court’s order enforcing indemnification and exculpatory clauses in favor of McCollum Crowley’s client. The litigation arises out of serious injuries suffered by a patron when a picnic table at a...
Following an underlying construction trial that resulted in a verdict against the general contractor, the general contractor then executed two Miller-Shugart agreements totaling five million dollars. McCollum Crowley attorneys Robert L. McCollum and Cheryl Hood Langel brought a summary-judgment...
In a ruling issued March 30, 2017, Judge Robert Kressel determined that under the “actual- injury” rule, the occurrence “is the time when the victims were sexually abused” and not when the victims were exposed to priests prone to...
In a decision filed February 10, 2017, the 10th Circuit found that a Travelers’ builders’ risk policy provided no coverage for damage to existing property not subject to the renovation work of the insured.