GULF UNDERWRITERS INS. CO. v. BURRIS

No. 11-1967.

674 F.3d 999 (2012)

GULF UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lowell P. BURRIS; Joyce P. Burris, Defendants-Appellants,

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 27, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Francis Handorff , argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellants.

Thomas Arthur Gilligan, Jr. , argued, Nicholas John O'Connell , Murnane Brandt , on the brief, St. Paul, MN, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, BRIGHT, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Lowell Burris was seriously injured in August 2001 when he fell from a ladder manufactured in Wisconsin by Versa Products, Inc. ("Versa"), and purchased from Menard, Inc. ("Menard"). In March 2003, when Burris's attorney allegedly wrote Versa asserting a product liability claim, Versa and an affiliate were named insureds and Menard was an additional insured under a "claims made" Commercial General Liability insurance policy issued in Wisconsin...

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