PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY, et al., Respondents,
v.
THOMPSON-YAEGER, INC., Respondent-Appellant,
Frerichs Our Own Hardware, Inc., Respondent-Appellant,
Tjernlund Manufacturing Company, Respondent,
Yale Engineering, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, (and thirteen other cases). and
Helder B. MUNSON and Lois M. Munson, d. b. a. The Toy Box, Respondents,
v.
THOMPSON-YAEGER, INC., Respondent-Appellant,
Frerichs Our Own Hardware, Inc., Respondent-Appellant,
Yale Engineering, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, and
YALE, INC., defendant and third-party plaintiff, Appellant-Respondent,
v.
CORRIGAN PROPERTIES, INC., third-party defendant, Respondent,
Draper & Kramer, Inc., Respondent,
Tjernlund Manufacturing Company, third-party defendant, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 16, 1977.
September 16, 1977.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Murnane, Murnane, Conlin & White, Thomas M. Conlin, Michael I. Fahey, St. Paul, for appellant, Yale Engineering Co.
Dunlap, Keith, Collins, Towey & Finseth, Rochester, R. W. Towey, for Insurance Co. of North America, Dr. Dale E. Chambers, D. C. and Dr. Wayne Boisen d/b/a Chiropractic Health Center, Centennial Insurance Company, St. Paul Insurance Company and Weichselbaum & Associates, Inc., and Joseph J. Weichselbaum, individually, Implement Dealers Mutual Insurance Company, and The Travelers Insurance Company.
Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan, William D. Flaskamp and James F. Roegge, Minneapolis, for Firemen's Fund American Insurance Companies and Westchester Fire Insurance Company.
West, Gowan & DeBoer, Rochester, John S. Gowan and James F. Roegge, Minneapolis, for Helder B. Munson and Lois M. Munson d/b/a/ The Toy Box.
Robert F. DeVinny, Rochester, for Weichselbaum & Associates, Inc., and Joseph J. Weichselbaum, individually.
Clarance E. Hagglund and Robert Pearson, Minneapolis, for appellant Thompson-Yaeger, Inc.
O'Brien, Ehrick, Wolf, Deaner & Downing, Thomas E. Wolf and Steven S. Fuller, Rochester, for Pacific Indemnity Company, Royal Indemnity Company, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Birmingham Fire Insurance Company, Home Insurance Company of New York and State Farm Insurance.
Thomas E. Wolf, Rochester, for Pacific Indemnity Company, Aetna Life & Casualty Company, Royal Indemnity Company, Corrigan Properties, Inc., Royal Shoe Repair, Inc., Snyder's Drug Store, Inc., State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., and Joseph Suchomel d/b/a The Pub.
Patterson & Restovich, and George Restovich, Rochester, for Earl B. Hoglund.
Van Eps & Gilmore and Chantry, Duane E. Arndt and Donald Chantry, Minneapolis, for Tjernlund Manufacturing Company.
Robert M. Wattson, Lawrence Zelle and Judith Rogosheske, Robins, Davis & Lyons, Minneapolis, David T. Bishop, Michaels, Bishop, Seeger & Rosenblad, Rochester, for Frerichs Our Own Hardware, Inc.
William C. Schacht, Schacht, Kerr & Steimer, Rochester, for Draper & Kramer, Inc.
Richard B. Allyn, Sol. Gen., St. Paul, for State.
Considered and decided by the court en banc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
SHERAN, Chief Justice.
This litigation arises out of a 1971 fire that destroyed a portion of a shopping center in Rochester, Minnesota. Plaintiffs are either tenants or the insurers of tenants; all seek recovery from four principal defendants for damages suffered by reason of that fire. Defendants are Yale Engineering, Inc., Thompson-Yaeger, Inc., Tjernlund Manufacturing Co., and Frerichs Our Own Hardware, Inc. Thirteen actions were commenced in the district court...
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