United States Eighth Circuit

In a coverage dispute arising from circumstances in which a garbage truck loaded by plaintiff was involved in an auto accident, a judgment finding that an excess liability insurer must indemnify and defend plaintiff in a personal injury action is affirmed as: 1) the district court's decision did not violate the policy's "no-drop-down" provision; and 2) the district court did not err in determining defendant was liable under other provisions of the excess coverage policy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/19/2007
• Published 09/19/2007

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert E. Salmon, argued, Minneapolis, MN (William M. Hart and Livia E. Babcock, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lauren E. Lonegran, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Thomas J. Basting, Jr., and Jonathan P. Schmidt, on the brief), for appellee.