DAVIS v. FURLONG

No. 81-916.

328 N.W.2d 150 (1983)

Melanie DAVIS, et al., Respondents, v. Robert F. FURLONG, Respondent, and Russell J. Knudsen, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holst Vogel Erdmann & Vogel and George F. Vogel, Masonic Bldg., Red Wing, for appellants.

Richard W. Johnson, Red Wing, for Davis, et al.

Stringer, Courtney & Rohleder and Owen L. Sorenson, St. Paul, for Furlong.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


PETERSON, Justice.

This appeal presents a choice-of-law issue concerning the applicability of Wisconsin's direct action statute or Minnesota's common law prohibition of direct actions against an insured's liability carrier. The district court summarily granted plaintiffs' motion to join insurer as a defendant. We reverse.

Plaintiff, Melanie Davis, was severely injured on January 19, 1979, in a collision between the car in which she was riding, driven by defendant...

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