LEEGAARD v. UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INS. CO.

No. 46826.

255 N.W.2d 819 (1977)

Jerry LEEGAARD, Respondent, v. UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, defendant and third party plaintiff, Respondent, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, third party defendant, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winter, Lundquist, Sherwood, Athens & Pedersen and Thomas C. Athens, Wheaton, for appellant.

Callaghan, Nelson & Obenland, Glenwood, for Leegaard.

Cousineau, McGuire, Shaughnessy & Anderson and Harold J. W. Sweet, Minneapolis, for Universal.

Heard before ROGOSHESKE, MacLAUGHLIN and YETKA, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


MacLAUGHLIN, Justice.

Plaintiff, Jerry Leegaard, brought this declaratory judgment action to determine insurance coverage against Universal Underwriters Insurance Co. (Universal). Universal brought a third-party action against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (State Farm), seeking to establish that Leegaard was covered by State Farm. The district court, sitting without a jury, found that Leegaard was covered under a policy with State Farm and not covered...

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