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STATE EX REL. HATCH v. AMERICAN FAMILY MUT.

No. C1-99-1705.

609 N.W.2d 1 (2000)

STATE of Minnesota, by its Attorney General, Mike HATCH, Respondent, v. AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied June 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, Alan Gilbert, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Solicitor General, St. Paul, and David Woodward, Assistant Attorney General (for respondent).

Corey J. Ayling, Douglas J. Franzen, Kathleen M. Brennan, McGrann Shea Franzen Carnival Straughn & Lamb, Chartered, Minneapolis (for appellant).

Considered and decided by KALITOWSKI, Presiding Judge, WILLIS, Judge, and HALBROOKS, Judge.

OPINION

KALITOWSKI, Judge.

Appellant contends that because the attorney general lacks the independent authority to bring this lawsuit against an insurance company, the district court erred in determining it had subject matter jurisdiction.

FACTS

In March 1999, respondent State of Minnesota, by the attorney general, brought an action against appellant American Family Mutual Insurance Company concerning appellant's payment of claims for storm...

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