SHORT v. DAIRYLAND INS. CO.

No. C7-82-1330.

334 N.W.2d 384 (1983)

Brian P. SHORT, as Trustee in Bankruptcy for Gerald D. Kearney, Respondent, v. DAIRYLAND INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robins, Zelle, Larson & Kaplan, Terence R. Joy, Robert M. Wattson, Minneapolis, for appellant.

DeParcq, Anderson, Perl, Hunegs & Rudquist, and Richard G. Hunegs and Peter W. Riley and Michael L. Weiner, Austin, Roth, Sunde, McDonough & Tierney, and Robert M. Austin, Minneapolis, for respondent.

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


YETKA, Justice.

Appellant was ordered by the Hennepin County District Court, the Honorable Jonathan Lebedoff, to pay respondent $720,000 plus interest in an action arising out of appellant's bad faith conduct towards its insured. The court ordered summary judgment in favor of respondent.1 We affirm and adopt the appended Memorandum by Judge Lebedoff as our opinion.

Affirmed.

COYNE, J., took no part in the consideration...

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