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OLSON v. RUGLOSKI

No. 48498.

277 N.W.2d 385 (1979)

Mandus OLSON, d.b.a. Northstar Supply Company, Respondent, v. Robert RUGLOSKI, Defendant, and STATE AUTOMOBILE AND CASUALTY UNDERWRITERS, Appellant, and Robert Rugloski, Defendant, v. Daniel M. ROOKE et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Hoppe, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Jardine, Logan & O'Brien and Eugene J. Flick, St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard before KELLY, WAHL and STONE, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

WAHL, Justice.

Defendant State Automobile and Casualty Underwriters appeals from a judgment of the Ramsey County District Court awarding plaintiff $35,000 punitive damages and $7,500 compensatory damages for defendant's wilful, wanton, and malicious refusal to pay insurance proceeds. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Plaintiff, Mandus Olson, operates a trucking company and has insured his trucks with defendant State Automobile and Casualty Underwriters...

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