LEACH v. ESTATE OF DAHL

Nos. C2-87-1173, C4-87-1174, C1-87-1195, C3-87-1196, C0-87-1284, C3-87-1554, C9-87-1963 and C4-87-1966.

419 N.W.2d 93 (1988)

David L. LEACH, Trustee for the Heirs of Raye Anne Leach, decedent, and David L. Leach, individually, Appellant (C2-87-1173), v. ESTATE OF Sharon M. DAHL, Deceased, et al., Respondents, Gary W. Deyo, et al., Appellants (C2-87-1173), Laurel Ann Stroman and Darwin LeRoy Towne, Respondents. Duane DAHL, as Trustee for the Heirs of Sharon M. Dahl, Deceased, Appellant (C3-87-1554), v. Laurel Ann STROMAN and Darwin LeRoy Towne, Respondents, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Defendant. Dawn KRALING as Trustee for the Heirs of Bradley Hart, Deceased, Appellant (C3-87-1196), v. Laurel STROMAN, et al., Respondents. Lois MOORE, Appellant (C1-87-1195), v. Sharon DAHL, Deceased, By and Through Duane DAHL, surviving spouse, Laurel Ann Stroman and Darwin LeRoy Towne, Respondents, Gary Deyo, et al., Appellants (C2-87-1173). Barbara Ann EICKHOFF, et al., Appellants (C2-87-1173), v. ESTATE OF Sharon M. DAHL, Deceased, et al., Laurel Ann Stroman and Darwin LeRoy Towne, Respondents. Sheila R. BUENGER, et al., Appellants (C4-87-1174, C4-87-1966), v. ESTATE OF Sharon M. DAHL, Deceased, et al., Laurel Ann Stroman and Darwin LeRoy Towne, Respondents, Gary Deyo, Appellant (C2-87-1173). Annette KIEFER, Appellant (C0-87-1284, C9-87-1963), v. Duane DAHL as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sharon Dahl, et al., Laurel Ann Stroman and Darwin LeRoy Towne, Respondents. Susan (McKenzie) HOVEY, Respondent, v. Duane DAHL as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sharon Dahl, et al., Laurel Ann Stroman and Darwin LeRoy Towne, Respondents. Joyce EVERY, et al., Respondents, v. Duane DAHL as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sharon Dahl, et al., Laurel Ann Stroman and Darwin LeRoy Towne, Respondents. Cindy FRANK, et al., Respondents, v. Duane DAHL as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sharon Dahl, et al., Laurel Ann Stroman and Darwin LeRoy Towne, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied April 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Klampe, Rochester, for David L. Leach, et al.

Peter C. Sandberg, Dunlap Keith Finseth Berndt & Sandberg, Rochester, for Estate of Dahl, et al.

Joseph J. Pingatore, Klampe Pingatore & Nordstrom, Rochester, for Gary W. Deyo, et al., Barbara Eickhoff.

Charles F. Angel, O'Brien Ehrick Wolf Deaner & Downing, Rochester, for Laurel Ann Stroman.

Lee L. LaBore, Lee L. LaBore & Assoc., Hopkins, for Darwin LeRoy Towne.

Mark G. Stephenson, Rochester, for Duane Dahl.

James M. Lehman, Mahoney Dougherty & Mahoney, Minneapolis, for Dawn Kraling.

David A. Shulman, Gartner Shulman & Erwin, Rochester, for Lois Moore.

William J. Ryan, Michaels, Seeger, Rosenblad & Arnold, Rochester, for Sheila R. Buenger, et al.

Robert R. Benson, Preston, for Annette Kiefer, Susan (McKenzie) Hovey, Joyce Every, et al., Cindy Frank.

Heard, considered and decided by RANDALL, P.J., and HUSPENI and STONE, JJ.


OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

On December 10, 1985, a multi-vehicle accident occurred on Highway 52 between Rochester and Marion Township in southern Minnesota. The accident resulted in numerous personal injury lawsuits and three wrongful death claims. The injured individuals and the personal representatives of the deceased sued Stroman, Towne, Dahl and Deyo.1 The trial was bifurcated, with...

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