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IN RE SILICONE IMPLANT INS. COVERAGE LIT.

Nos. C5-01-1546, C5-01-1742, C4-01-1778, C1-01-1821, C8-01-1850, C7-01-1869, C1-01-1897, C3-01-1920, C3-01-1738, C4-01-1747, C9-01-1811, C4-01-1828, C2-01-1861, C6-01-1894, C9-01-1906, C7-01-1922, C3-01-1965, C3-01-1741, C6-01-1748, C0-01-1812, C6-01-1829, C4-01-1862, CX-01-1896, C3-01-1917 and C2-01-1925.

652 N.W.2d 46 (2002)

In re SILICONE IMPLANT INSURANCE COVERAGE LITIGATION.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

September 24, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale I. Larson, Douglas L. Skor, Larson, King, LLP, St. Paul, MN; and David F. Herr, Gary J. Haugen, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, Minneapolis, MN; and Robert N. Sayler, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for 3M Company.

Frederick W. Morris, Robert P. Thavis, Jeffrey A. Eyers, Leonard, Street & Deinard, Minneapolis, MN, for W. Haagman & Company.

Ted E. Sullivan, William L. Davidson, Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, P.A., Minneapolis, MN; and Edward M. Kay,

Clausen Miller, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Old Republic Insurance Company.

Thomas D. Jensen, Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Employers Mutual Casualty Company, The Home Insurance Company, Utica Mutual Insurance Co., Mt. McKinley Insurance Co., and Everest Reinsurance Co.

Sylvia Ivey Zinn, Burke Ellingson, Brendel & Zinn, Ltd., St. Paul, MN, for Columbia Casualty Company, The Continental Insurance Company, and Harbor Insurance Company.

Thomas S. Fraser, Richard D. Snyder, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, MN; and Clifton S. Elgarten, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, for Century Indemnity Co., ACE Europe, SA-NV, and United States Fire Insurance Co.

John M. Anderson, Charles E. Lundberg, Christopher R. Morris, Bassford, Lockhart, Truesdell & Briggs, P.A., Minneapolis, MN; and Paul N. Farquharson, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, P.C., Baltimore, MD, for Federal Insurance Co.

John J. McDonald, William M. Hart, Melissa Dosick Riethof, Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for Westport Insurance Corporation.

Dyan J. Ebert, Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., St. Cloud, MN, for TIG Insurance Company.

Dale O. Thornsjo, Johnson & Condon, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Interstate Fire & Casualty Company and Chicago Insurance Company.

Lawrence R. King, Larson & King, St. Paul, MN, for Lakeside Insurance, Ltd. and Seaside Insurance, Ltd.

Robert L. McCollum, McCollum, Crowley, Vehanen, Moschet & Miller, Ltd., Bloomington, MN; and Norman C. Kleinberg, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York City, for First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company.

John M. Anderson, Charles E. Lundberg, Christopher R. Morris, Bassford, Lockhart, Truesdell & Briggs P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc. and Victoria Versicherung AG.

Jerome B. Abrams, Abrams & Smith, Minneapolis, MN, for Swiss Reinsurance Company and European General Insurance Company.

Richard A. Kaplan, George O. Ludcke, Daniel C. Bryden, Kelly & Berens, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Republic Western Insurance Company.

Considered and decided by TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge, HARTEN, Judge, and WILLIS, Judge.

OPINION

TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge.

In this dispute, the parties seek resolution of insurance coverage and other issues. 3M had been sued by women who claimed that their silicone-gel breast implants, manufactured by 3M, caused them injury. 3M settled the suits and then turned to its liability insurers for coverage. After extensive proceedings, the district court resolved the claims. 3M and the insurers brought separate appeals from the district court's posttrial...

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