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112061P.pdf 02/02/2012 Sharon K. Palmer v. Illinois Farmers Insurance Co.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-2061
and No: 11-2064
and No: 11-2065
and No: 11-2067
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Loken and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Insurance. In a class action alleging defendant insurers
violated Minnesota state law by failing to apply a discount for cars with
antitheft devices, the district court did not err in dismissing the suit as
the contract provisions on which plaintiffs base their claims are not
sufficiently specific to overcome the Minnesota courts' reluctance to
intervene in the state's administrative scheme of insurance regulation and
enforcement and create a contractual duty distinct from the statutory mandate.