ST. PAUL SURPLUS LINES INS. CO. v. MENTOR CORP.

Nos. C9-92-2559, C7-93-108.

503 N.W.2d 511 (1993)

ST. PAUL SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent, v. MENTOR CORPORATION, Appellant, Admiral Insurance Company, Respondent, United National Insurance Company, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Kane, Bethany K. Culp, Patrick D. McCoy, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, St. Paul, for St. Paul Surplus Lines Ins. Co.

David F. Herr, Mary R. Vasaly, James F. Hanneman, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, Minneapolis, L. Christopher Vejnoska, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, CA, for Mentor Corp.

Stephen J. Foley, Foley & Mansfield, Minneapolis, for Admiral Ins. Co.

Mark J. Condon, Robert E. Kuderer, Chadwick, Johnson & Condon, Minneapolis, for United Nat. Ins. Co.

Considered and decided by RANDALL, P.J., and SHORT and AMUNDSON, JJ.


OPINION

AMUNDSON, Judge.

Appellant Mentor Corporation has been named as a defendant in lawsuits throughout the country as a result of Mentor's production of silicone gel breast implants. Respondent St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company (SPSL) was one of Mentor's liability insurance carriers. Mentor filed a declaratory judgment action in Alameda County, California, seeking a determination of the rights and obligations of the parties under the insurance...

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