MINNESOTA MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. ANDERSON

No. C5-93-253.

504 N.W.2d 284 (1993)

The MINNESOTA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent, ITT Life Insurance Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Dayle K. ANDERSON, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Dawn M. Anderson, Respondent, William Fletcher, as personal representative of the Estate of Robert Fletcher, Defendant, Marlys Albrecht, Respondent. Ryan PAUGH, By and Through his Guardian Ad Litem, James NOONAN, Appellant, and James C. Noonan, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Fletcher, and as Guardian Ad Litem for Ryan Paugh, a minor, Appellant, v. ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Dayle Anderson, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dawn Anderson, Marlys Albrecht, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied October 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Crassweller, Doherty Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, for The Minnesota Mut. Life Ins. Co.

John M. Catron, Hansen, Dordell, Bradt, Odlaug & Bradt, St. Paul, for Dayle K. Anderson, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Dawn M. Anderson.

William R. Skolnick and LuAnn M. Petricka, William R. Skolnick, P.A., Ronald I. Meshbesher, Meshbesher & Spence, Minneapolis, for Marlys Albrecht.

James F. Dunn, James F. Dunn & Associates, P.A., St. Paul, for Ryan Paugh by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, James Noonan, and James C. Noonan, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Fletcher, and as Guardian Ad Litem for Ryan Paugh, a minor.

Considered and decided by PARKER, P.J., and LANSING and THOREEN, JJ.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

An estate appeals the denial of its post-trial motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial. It assigns as error the court's denial of its request to amend its pleadings and the court's refusal to give the jury the estate's proposed instructions and special verdict form. We affirm.

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