BENEDICTINE SISTERS v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS.

No. 86-5120.

815 F.2d 1209 (1987)

The BENEDICTINE SISTERS OF ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL OF PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA, a South Dakota nonprofit corporation, Appellant, v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, a capital stock company of St. Paul, Minnesota, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Robbennolt, Pierre, S.D., for appellant.

Ronald J. Hall, Aberdeen, S.D., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, MAGILL, Circuit Judge, and HANSEN, District Judge.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

The Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary's Hospital of Pierre, South Dakota ("Insured") appeal an adverse declaratory judgment of non-coverage in favor of St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company ("Insurer") in this diversity action. We reverse the judgment of the district court, and hold that the Insured's property damage resulting from its malfunctioning hospital boiler was covered as a "sudden accident" under its policy with the Insurer. This...

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