State Supreme Court / Minn.

Meadowbrook, Inc. v. Tower Insurance Co.

Decided February 6, 1997. Esther Tomljanovich wrote the opinion for the court.

559 N.W.2d 411 · Cited 86 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Crum v. Anchor Casualty Co. · 264 Minn. 378
Bobich v. Oja · 258 Minn. 287
Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Bartlett · 240 N.W.2d 310
Garvis v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co. · 497 N.W.2d 254
Meadowbrook, Inc. v. Tower Insurance Co. · 543 N.W.2d 418
Sturges Manufacturing Co. v. Utica Mutual Insurance · 37 N.Y.2d 69
Ross v. Briggs and Morgan · 540 N.W.2d 843
Prahm v. Rupp Construction Co. · 277 N.W.2d 389
Republic Vanguard Insurance Co. v. Buehl · 204 N.W.2d 426
Faber v. Roelofs · 250 N.W.2d 817
Commerce & Industry Insurance v. Bank of Hawaii · 832 P.2d 733
Williams v. St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center, Inc. · 551 N.W.2d 483
Inland Construction Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co. · 258 N.W.2d 881
Alexandra House, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. · 419 N.W.2d 506
Offerdahl v. University of Minnesota Hospitals & Clinics · 426 N.W.2d 425
Iowa Kemper Insurance Co. v. Stone · 269 N.W.2d 885
Jostens, Inc. v. Mission Insurance Co. · 387 N.W.2d 161
Woida v. North Star Mutual Insurance Co. · 306 N.W.2d 570
American Standard Insurance Co. v. Le · 551 N.W.2d 923
Sage Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America · 480 N.W.2d 695
Sachs v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company · 303 F. Supp. 1339
Pederson v. Rose Cooperative Creamery Ass'n · 326 N.W.2d 657
City of Myrtle Point v. Pacific Indemnity Company · 233 F. Supp. 193

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