SENTINEL MANAGEMENT v. AETNA CAS. AND SUR.

Nos. C2-98-2304, CX-98-2373.

615 N.W.2d 819 (2000)

SENTINEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, Respondents, Kellogg Square Partnership, Respondent, v. AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, et al., Defendants, New Hampshire Insurance Company, petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied September 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Pearson, Cronan Pearson Quinlivan, Minneapolis, James T. Ferrini, Clausen Miller PC, Chicago, IL, Eric J. Magnuson, Rider Bennett Egan & Agundel, Minneapolis, Stuart Cotton, Wyner R. Glaubinger, Jeffrey C. Crawford, Mound, Cotton & Wollan, New York City, for appellant.

Lawrence A. Moloney, Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, P.A., Minneapolis, Paul W. Mollica, Thomas R. Meites, Joan H. Burger, Meites, Mulder, Burger & Mollica, Chicago, IL, for respondents.

Kay Nord Hunt, Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A., Minneapolis, for amicus curiae Defense Research Institute.

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


OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

Defendant-appellant New Hampshire Insurance Company brings this appeal contending that the district court abused its discretion in admitting expert testimony on asbestos contamination that New Hampshire claims should have been excluded under Minnesota's evidentiary standard for scientific testimony. In addition, New Hampshire claims that even if the expert's testimony was properly admitted, the evidence still does not support...

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