MAGNETIC DATA v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE

No. C7-88-823.

442 N.W.2d 153 (1989)

MAGNETIC DATA, INC., Respondent, v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Tobin, Gislason, Dosland, Hunter & Malecki, Minnetonka, for appellant.

Philip Pfaffly, Moss T. Barnett, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul Fire) appeals from an order and declaratory judgment of the Hennepin County District Court, affirmed by the court of appeals, which held that it is obligated to defend and indemnify its insured, Magnetic Data, Inc. (MDI) against claims arising out of the insured's erasure of information on computer disks owned by one of its customers. In its appeal to this court, St. Paul Fire contends that the comprehensive...

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