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ART GOEBEL v. NORTHERN SUBURBAN AGENCIES

No. C6-96-695.

555 N.W.2d 549 (1996)

ART GOEBEL, INC., Plaintiff, v. NORTHERN SUBURBAN AGENCIES, INC., Defendant, Cleary Agency, Inc., Respondent, West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, a Wisconsin corporation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted January 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarance E. Hagglund, William C. Weeding, Hagglund & Weimer, Minneapolis, for Respondent.

Dale M. Wagner, Charles E. Jones, Moss & Barnett, Minneapolis, for Appellant.

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

OPINION

DAVIES, Judge.

A summary judgment required an insurance company to reimburse its agent for costs the agent incurred defending against a baseless suit brought by a policyholder. The insurance company appeals, claiming that the agent has no common-law right to indemnification, and also that, in this circumstance, the company's contract with the agent excludes any duty to indemnify the agent. We affirm.

FACTS

A customer sued an automobile...

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