U.S. SPECIALTY v. JAMES COURTNEY LAW OFFICE

No. C2-01-1813.

662 N.W.2d 907 (2003)

U.S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. JAMES COURTNEY LAW OFFICE, P.A., et al., Respondents. Dale Swapinski as Trustee for the heirs and next of Kin of Jill N. Townsend-Swapinski, Decedent, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Lindberg, Johnson & Lindberg., P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Charles T. Hvass, Jr., Hvass, Weisman & King, Philip Gainsley, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondents.

Eric Magnuson, Kimberly T. Ross, Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, Amici Curiae, AIG Aviation Corp., Phoenix Aviation, USAIG, W. Brown & Assoc., XL Specialty Ins. Co.

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


OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

Appellant U.S. Specialty Insurance Company brought a declaratory judgment action to determine whether exclusions in a standard aviation liability insurance policy issued to respondents James Courtney and James Courtney III Law Office, P.A. violated state law. The district court found that the policy exclusions, which excluded coverage for claims made by employees for work-related injuries, were violative of Minn.Stat. §...

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