CALEDONIA COMMUNITY HOSP. v. ST. PAUL F. & M. INS.

No. 45690.

239 N.W.2d 768 (1976)

CALEDONIA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Formerly The Caledonia Community Hospital Association, et al., Respondents, v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dunlap, Keith, Collins, Towey & Finseth, Robert R. Dunlap and Richard W. Towey, Rochester, for appellants.

Grose, Von Holtum, Von Holtum, Sieben & Schmidt, Harry A. Sieben, Jr., and Jeffrey L. Flynn, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard before PETERSON, YETKA, and BREUNIG, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


ROBERT J. BREUNIG, Justice.*

Defendant insurers appeal from an order denying their alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial after a jury verdict finding that the collapse of the east wing of plaintiff hospital was caused by an "explosion" within the policy coverage, even though the evidence was uncontroverted that the cause was external lateral pressure against the foundation of the north wall created...

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