Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas Tinkham, Marianne D. Short, Michael Jurgens, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Gary J. Haugen, David F. Herr, R. Lawrence Purdy, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Dale I. Larson, Douglas L. Skor, Keith A. Dotsetj, Larson King, LLP, John J. Ursu, Thomas A. Boardman, Carol A. Peterson, St. Paul, MN, for Appellant.
Thomas S. Fraser, Richard D. Snyder, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent Insurers.
Wayne D. Struble, Bowman and Brooke LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Hugh F. Young, Jr., The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA, Robert J. Brennan, Lauren E. Sweeney, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC, Morristown, NJ, for Amicus Curiae Plac.
Leonard, Street & Deinard, Frederick W. Morris, Robert P. Thavis, Jeffrey A. Eyers, Minneapolis, MN, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, James J. Sentner, Jr., Stephen L. Moll, Houston, TX, for W. Haagman & Company.
McDermott, Will & Emery, Margaret H. Warner, Richard B. Rogers, Washington, DC, Brendel & Zinn, LTD., Sylvia Zinn, Burke Ellingson, St. Paul MN, for Columbia Casualty Company, The Continental Insurance Co., Harbor Insurance Company.
Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Robert E. Scott, Jr., Paul N. Farquharson, Baltimore, MD, Bassford, Lockhart, Truesdell & Briggs, John M. Anderson, Charles E. Lundberg, Minneapolis, MN, for Federal Insurance Company.
Clausen, Miller, Amy Rich Paulus, Edward M. Kay, Melinda S. Kollross, Chicago, IL, Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson P.A., Ted E. Sullivan, William L. Davidson, Minneapolis, MN, for Old Republic Insurance Company.
Crowell & Moring LLP, Clifton S. Elgarten, Paul W. Kalish, Sarah C. Lindsey, Washington, DC, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Thomas S. Fraser, Richard D. Snyder, Minneapolis, MN, for Century Indemnity Company, Ace Insurance, sa/nv, United States Fire Insurance Company.
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, Mitchell L. Lathrop, Bridget K. Moorhead, San Diego, CA, Meahger & Geer, John J. McDonald, Jr., Minneapolis, MN, for Westport Insurance Corporation f/k/a Puritan Insurance Company f/k/a The Manhattan Fire & Marine Insurance Company.
Fedota Childers & May P.C., Jan Michaels, Chicago, IL, Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson P.A., Thomas D. Jensen, Minneapolis, MN, for The Home Insurance Company, Employers Mutual Casualty Co., Utica Mutual Insurance Company.
Litchfield Cavo, Alan Becker, Chicago, IL, Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson P.A., Thomas D. Jensen, Minneapolis, MN, for Mt. McKinley Insurance Company f/k/a Gibraltar Casualty Co., Everest Reinsurance Company f/k/a Prudential Reinsurance Company.
Quinlivan & Hughes P.A., Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN, Morrison Mahoney & Miller, Michael F. Aylward, John T. Harding, Jr., Boston, MA, for Transamerica Premier Insurance Company n/k/a Tig Insurance Company.
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, Gary J. Haugen, David F. Herr, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Thomas Tinkham, Marianne D. Short, Minneapolis, MN, Larson & King, Dale Larson, Keith Dotseth, Douglas L. Skor, 3M Company, Office of the General Counsel, John J. Ursu, Thomas A. Boardman, Carol A. Peterson, St. Paul, MN, for Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.
Hughes Hubbard & Reed, L.L.P. Norman C. Kleinberg, New York, NY, William R. Stein. Robert B. Funkhouser, M. Kathleen O'Connor, Washington, DC, McCollum, Crowley, Vehanen, Moschet & Miller, LTD., Robert L. McCollum, Bloomington, MN, for First State Insurance Company, Twin City Fire Insurance Company.
Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Arthur Liederman, New York, NY, John T. Harding, Boston, MA, Abrams & Smith, Jerome B. Abrams, Esq., Minneapolis, MN, for European General f/k/a European General Reinsurance Company of Zurich, Swiss Re f/k/a Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich.
Bassford, Lockhart, Truesdell & Briggs, John M. Anderson, Charles E. Lundberg, Minneapolis, MN, for Victoria Feuervarsicherungs-Aktien-Gesellschaft n/k/a Victoria Versicherung, A.G., Executive Risk Indemnity.
Johnson & Condon, P.A., Dale O. Thornsjo, Minneapolis, MN, for Chicago Insurance Company, and Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.
Larson & King, Lawrence R. King, St. Paul, MN, for Lakeside Insurance, LTD. and Seaside Insurance, LTD.
Kelly & Berens, George O. Ludcke, Richard A. Kaplan, Minneapolis, MN, for Republic Western Insurance.
Bowman and Brooke LLP, Wayne D. Struble, Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Livgard & Rabuse, P.L.L.P., Dwight G. Rabuse, Minneapolis, MN, Wiley, Rein & Fielding LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association.
Birrell & Newmark, LTD., Andrew S. Birrell, R. Travis Snider, Minneapolis, MN, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Donald E. Seymour, Paul E. Del Vecchio, Alexander W. Saksen, Pittsburg, PA, for Amicus Curiae Honeywell International Inc.
Rider, Bennet, Egan & Arundel, LLP, Eric J. Magnuson, Michael R. Docherty, Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae Insurance Federation of Minnesota, National Association of Independent Insurers.
Stephen K. Warch, Assistant Attorney General, Michael J. Tostengard, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for Amicus Curiae Minnesota Dept. of Commerce.
Yaeger, Jungbauer, Barczak & Vucinovich, PLC., Michael L. Weiner, Christopher J. Moreland, Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association.
Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.
