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PETERSON v. WESTERN NATIONAL MUT. INS. CO.

A18-1081.

946 N.W.2d 903 (2020)

Alison Joel PETERSON, Respondent, v. WESTERN NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: July 29, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa Fariss McClain , Robins Kaplan LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Katherine S. Barrett Wiik , Best & Flanagan LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent.

John M. Bjorkman , Patrick H. O'Neill III , Larson King, LLP, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for appellant.

Beth A. Jenson Prouty , Jeffrey M. Markowitz , Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

Dale O. Thornsjo , Lance D. Meyer , O'Meara, Leer, Wagner & Kohl, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae The Insurance Federation of Minnesota and The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.

Jennifer E. Olson , Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Michael L. Weiner , Yaeger & Weiner, PLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Association for Justice.

Timothy D. Johnson , Karly A. Kauf , Smith Jadin Johnson, PLLC, Bloomington, Minnesota, for amicus curiae United Policyholders.

OPINION

Appellant Western National Mutual Insurance Company (Western National) challenges the district court's award of taxable costs for the denial of a first-party insurance claim in violation of Minn. Stat. § 604.18 (2018). After a multiday bench trial, the district court found that Western National did not have...

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