ENGINEERING & CONST. v. L.H. BOLDUC CO.

No. A11-0159.

825 N.W.2d 695 (2013)

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION INNOVATIONS, INC., Respondent, v. L.H. BOLDUC CO., INC., Appellant, The Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Hammargren , Adina R. Bergstrom , Hammargren & Meyer, P.A., Bloomington, MN, for respondent.

Kay Nord Hunt , Bryan R. Feldhaus , Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A., Minneapolis, MN; and Louise A. Behrendt , Michael S. Kreidler , Stich, Angell, Kreidler, Dodge & Unke, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for appellant L.H. Bolduc Co., Inc.

William M. Hart , Charles E. Spevacek , Damon L. Highly , Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; and Daniel A. Haws , Stacy E. Ertz , John Paul J. Gatto , Murnane Brandt , Saint Paul, MN, for appellant The Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut.

Dale O. Thornsjo , Johnson & Condon, P.A., Minneapolis, MN; and Lee H. Ogburn , Steven M. Klepper , Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, MD, for amicus curiae The American Insurance Association.

Curtis D. Smith , Moss & Barnett, A Professional Association, Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae The American Subcontractors Association.

Curtis D. Ruwe , Beth A. Jensen Prouty , Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae The Property Casualty Insurance Association of America.


OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

This appeal asks us to determine whether appellants are obligated under an insurance policy and an indemnification provision in a construction contract to reimburse respondent Engineering and Construction Innovations, Inc. ("ECI") for expenses ECI incurred in repairing a damaged sewer pipeline. Appellant L.H. Bolduc Company, Inc. ("Bolduc"), the subcontractor of ECI, damaged a sewer pipe during the course of a construction...

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