VUE v. STATE FARM INS. COMPANIES

No. C1-97-632.

582 N.W.2d 264 (1998)

Ka Ying VUE, et al., Respondent, v. STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES, petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P., William M. Hart, Katherine A. McBride, Leatha G. Wolter, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Katz & Manka, Ltd., Scott A. Teplinsky, Cameron M. Parkhurst, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

GARDEBRING, Justice.

In this case, an automobile insurer challenges the presumption, created by statute and case law, that the person named on an automobile title as buyer is the vehicle's owner. Instead, the insurer, relying on the theories of joint ownership arising out of marital dissolution laws, asks us to establish a presumption that the spouse of the individual named on the vehicle title is also an owner. Because we find no basis in the Minnesota...

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