State Supreme Court / Minn.

Henning Nelson Construction Co. v. Fireman's Fund American Life Insurance Co.

Decided March 21, 1986. Douglas K. Amdahl wrote the opinion for the court.

383 N.W.2d 645 · Cited 189 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Bobich v. Oja · 258 Minn. 287
Wyatt v. Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co. of Seattle · 304 F. Supp. 781
Government Employees Insurance v. DeJames · 261 A.2d 747
State Ex Rel. Head v. Paulson · 188 N.W.2d 424
Reliance Insurance v. St. Paul Insurance Companies · 239 N.W.2d 922
Fawcett House, Inc. v. Great Central Insurance Co. · 159 N.W.2d 268
Hayfield Farmers Elevator & Mercantile Co. v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co. · 282 N.W. 265
City of Minnetonka v. Carlson · 298 N.W.2d 763
Anderson v. Connecticut Fire Insurance Co. · 231 Minn. 469
Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. v. Consolidated Rail Corp. · 354 N.W.2d 111
Henning Nelson Construction Co. v. Fireman's Fund American Life Insurance Co. · 361 N.W.2d 446

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