CARLSON HOLDINGS, INC. v. NAFCO INS. CO.

No. 00-CV-2080.

205 F.Supp.2d 1069 (2001)

CARLSON HOLDINGS, INC., Carlson Companies, Inc., Carlson Real Estate Company, and/or any subsidiary, Plaintiffs, v. NAFCO INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., Zurich U.S. Insurance Company, a/k/a Zurich American Insurance, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, TIG Insurance Company, Scor Reinsurance Company, Sorema Reinsurance Company, Munich Reinsurance Company, Genesis Insurance Company, General Reinsurance Corporation, USA, Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation, Swiss Reinsurance Company, and NAC Reinsurance Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

January 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Nygaard, Michael R. Docherty, Michael W. Unger, Patrick Robben, and Caroline E. Ostrom, Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Plaintiffs.

Lawrence Zelle, John B. Massopust, and Daniel J. Millea, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Gette, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Defendant NAFCO Insurance Co., Ltd.

Jerome B. Abrams, Abrams & Smith, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Defendant Zurich U.S. Insurance Co., a/k/a Zurich American Insurance.

Bradley M. Jones, Stacy A. Broman, and Renee K. Fearing, Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and David C. Butman, David E. Trainor, and Robert S. Soderstrom, Tressler Soderstrom Maloney & Priess, Chicago, Illinois, for Defendant Hartford Fire Insurance Co.

Thomas P. Kane and Bethany K. Culp, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Paula P. Skalaban and Walter J. Andrews, Shaw Pittman, McLean, Virginia, for Defendant TIG Insurance Co.

Kurtis A. Greenley, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Defendants Scor Reinsurance Co., Sorema Reinsurance Co., NAC Reinsurance Corp. and Munich Reinsurance Co.

Bradley M. Jones, Stacy A. Broman, and Renee K. Fearing, Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Defendants Genesis Insurance Co. and General Reinsurance Corp.

John M. Anderson and Shalanda D. Ballard, Bassford Lockhart Truesdell & Briggs, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Defendants Swiss Reinsurance Co. and Swiss Reinsurance America Corp.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KYLE, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

NAFCO Insurance Company ("NAFCO") insured Plaintiffs (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Carlson") under an "All Risk" property insurance policy. The remaining Defendants then reinsured NAFCO's policy with Carlson. Carlson submitted a claim with NAFCO for expenses it incurred while preparing for the year 2000 date (hereinafter "Y2K") problem with its computers. Before NAFCO could...

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