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063310P.pdf 02/28/2008 Stan Koch & Sons v. Great West Casualty
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-3310
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Benton and Bowman, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - insurance. District court did not err in finding that the
insurance policy defendant issued to plaintiff covered a lessee of
plaintiff's trailer as the lessee was permissibly operating plaintiff's
covered vehicle and none of the exclusions cited by plaintiff precluded
coverage; insurer did not breach its fiduciary duty to plaintiff when,
despite plaintiff's objections, it accepted coverage and settled a claim
arising from the accident in question, thereby triggering plaintiff's
obligation to pay $500,000 under the Retention provision of the policy.