SAFECO INS. CO. v. LINDBERG

Nos. C2-85-1119, C6-85-1141.

394 N.W.2d 146 (1986)

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Larry LINDBERG, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, Respondent, Kim Barrett, Respondent, Continental Brokers Corporation, et al., Third Party Defendants, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Ketterling, Jr., Brian J. Love, Minneapolis, for Safeco Ins. Co.

Larry Lindberg, Ham Lake, for Lindberg.

Keith J. Broady, Minneapolis, Robert J. Johnson, Minneapolis, for Barrett.

William Majerus, Minneapolis, for Continental.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


SIMONETT, Justice.

This case involves the applicability of a watercraft exclusion in a homeowner's liability policy. The court of appeals held the exclusion inapplicable. We affirm.

Defendant-respondent Larry Lindberg purchased a homeowner's policy from plaintiff-appellant Safeco Insurance Company in July 1978, effective for the policy period July 13, 1978, to July 13, 1979. At the time Lindberg purchased the policy, he did not own a boat and motor, but in...

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