NATIONAL FAMILY INS. v. BUNTON

No. C1-93-993.

509 N.W.2d 565 (1993)

NATIONAL FAMILY INSURANCE, Respondent, v. Ronald E. BUNTON, Defendant, Gerald A. Bunton, Appellant. BADGER STATE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Respondent, v. Gerald A. BUNTON, et al., Appellants, and Milwaukee Mutual Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

December 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Magnuson, Sarah E. Carlson, Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, for National Family Ins., respondent.

Gary L. Manka, Katz & Manka, Ltd., Minneapolis, for defendant.

C. Todd Koebele, Thomas Gilligan, Jr., Murnane, Conlin, White & Brandt, St. Paul, for Badger State Mut. Cas. Co., respondent.

Willard Converse, Peterson, Bell, Converse, & Jensen, St. Paul, for Milwaukee Mut. Ins. Co., plaintiff-intervenor, respondent.

Considered and decided by PETERSON, P.J., and FORSBERG and DAVIES, JJ.


OPINION

PETERSON, Judge.

After accepting settlement payments from an alleged tortfeasor's liability insurer, appellants sought uninsured motorist benefits from respondents. The trial court concluded that appellants were not entitled to recover uninsured motorist benefits because appellants had already settled with the alleged tortfeasor's liability carrier. We affirm.

FACTS

Gerald Bunton, Donna Bougie and Jaclyn Bauman were passengers in...

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