Cited by
Opinions in Minnesota that cite Tlougan v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co., 310 N.W.2d 116.
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, judgment creditor, Respondent/Co-Appellant v. Justin Beauchane, Judgment Debtor, and North Star Mutual … Minn. Ct. App. 2015
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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, judgment creditor, Respondent/Co-Appellant v. Justin Beauchane, Judgment Debtor, and North Star Mutual …
Minn. Ct. App. 2015
Co., (quotation omitted).
- Illinois Farmers Insurance Co. v. Marvin 707 N.W.2d 747 Minn. Ct. App. 2006
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Illinois Farmers Insurance Co. v. Marvin
707 N.W.2d 747
Minn. Ct. App. 2006
Co., another case addressing situs, a five-year-old child sustained burn injuries while playing with matches in a truck.
- Dougherty v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. 699 N.W.2d 741 Minn. 2005
- Dougherty v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. 699 N.W.2d 741 Minn. 2005
- Alexis v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. 696 N.W.2d 109 Minn. Ct. App. 2005
- Alexis v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. 696 N.W.2d 109 Minn. Ct. App. 2005
- Dougherty v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. 683 N.W.2d 855 Minn. Ct. App. 2004
- Dougherty v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. 683 N.W.2d 855 Minn. Ct. App. 2004
- Pususta v. State Farm Insurance Companies 632 N.W.2d 549 Minn. 2001
- Pususta v. State Farm Insurance Companies 632 N.W.2d 549 Minn. 2001
- Tillery v. League General Insurance Co. 584 N.W.2d 780 Minn. Ct. App. 1998
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Tillery v. League General Insurance Co.
584 N.W.2d 780
Minn. Ct. App. 1998
Co., (quoting Haagenson v. National Farmers Union Property *782 & Cas.
- Austin Mutual Insurance Co. v. Klande 563 N.W.2d 282 Minn. Ct. App. 1997
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Austin Mutual Insurance Co. v. Klande
563 N.W.2d 282
Minn. Ct. App. 1997
Co., (under Minnesota’s no-fault auto insurance statute, injury arises out of maintenance or use of motor vehicle where injury is natural and reasonable incident or consequence of use of vehicle and vehicle was more than situs of injury).
- Medicine Lake Bus Co. v. Smith 554 N.W.2d 623 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
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Medicine Lake Bus Co. v. Smith
554 N.W.2d 623
Minn. Ct. App. 1996
The connection between use and injury in the realm of no-fault insurance rests on intermediate ground, existing as “something less than proximate cause in the tort sense and something more than the vehicle being the mere situs of the injury.”
- Allied Mut. v. Western Nat. Mut. 552 N.W.2d 561 Minn. 1996
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Allied Mut. v. Western Nat. Mut.
552 N.W.2d 561
Minn. 1996
Co., we held that even though the claimant was indisputably occupying a seat in the insured pickup truck, there was insufficient causal connection between the truck and the burns the child suffered when she set her dress on fire while playing with matches.
- Kern v. Auto Owners Insurance Co. 526 N.W.2d 409 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Kern v. Auto Owners Insurance Co. 526 N.W.2d 409 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Benike v. Dairyland Insurance Co. 520 N.W.2d 465 Minn. Ct. App. 1994
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Benike v. Dairyland Insurance Co.
520 N.W.2d 465
Minn. Ct. App. 1994
This is “something less than proximate cause in the tort sense and something more than the vehicle being the mere situs of the injury.”
- Konchal v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co. 508 N.W.2d 228 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- Konchal v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co. 508 N.W.2d 228 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- Anderson v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pennsylvania 497 N.W.2d 302 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- Anderson v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pennsylvania 497 N.W.2d 302 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- Ruiz v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Arizona 847 P.2d 111 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 1993
- VanGuilder v. Allstate Insurance Co. 494 N.W.2d 901 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
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VanGuilder v. Allstate Insurance Co.
494 N.W.2d 901
Minn. Ct. App. 1993
Co., (injury to child playing with matches in cab of pickup truck did not arise out of vehicle’s use).
- Dohman v. Housely 478 N.W.2d 221 Minn. Ct. App. 1991
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Dohman v. Housely
478 N.W.2d 221
Minn. Ct. App. 1991
Co., (quoting Haagenson v. National Farmers Union Property & Cas.
- State Farm Insurance Companies v. Seefeld 472 N.W.2d 170 Minn. Ct. App. 1991
- State Farm Insurance Companies v. Seefeld 472 N.W.2d 170 Minn. Ct. App. 1991
- National Indemnity Co. of Minnesota v. Ness 457 N.W.2d 755 Minn. Ct. App. 1990
- National Indemnity Co. of Minnesota v. Ness 457 N.W.2d 755 Minn. Ct. App. 1990
- Wilson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. 451 N.W.2d 216 Minn. Ct. App. 1990
- Wilson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. 451 N.W.2d 216 Minn. Ct. App. 1990
- Himle v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. 445 N.W.2d 587 Minn. Ct. App. 1989
- Citizens Security Mutual Insurance Co. v. Levinson 445 N.W.2d 585 Minn. Ct. App. 1989
- Citizens Security Mutual Insurance Co. v. Levinson 445 N.W.2d 585 Minn. Ct. App. 1989
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Himle v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.
445 N.W.2d 587
Minn. Ct. App. 1989
Use of Motor Vehicle for Transportation Purposes “[Minnesota courts] have long recognized that under auto insurance law there must be some connection between the injury and the use of the motor vehicle for transportation purposes.”
- Strand v. Illinois Farmers Insurance Co. 429 N.W.2d 266 Minn. Ct. App. 1988
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Strand v. Illinois Farmers Insurance Co.
429 N.W.2d 266
Minn. Ct. App. 1988
It is enough if “the injury is a natural and reasonable incident or consequence of the use of the vehicle.” *270 ().
- Hanson v. Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. 422 N.W.2d 288 Minn. Ct. App. 1988
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Hanson v. Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co.
422 N.W.2d 288
Minn. Ct. App. 1988
The second factor requires that the connection or nexus between the type of use or maintenance and the injury must be “something less than proximate cause in the tort sense and something more than the vehicle being the mere situs of the injury.”
- Peterson v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. 417 N.W.2d 316 Minn. Ct. App. 1988
- Peterson v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. 417 N.W.2d 316 Minn. Ct. App. 1988
- Farmers Insurance Group v. Chapman 416 N.W.2d 857 Minn. Ct. App. 1987