Court Opinion

ID: 9532231
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:19:25.323165+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:42.598835
License: Public Domain

OTIS, Justice
(concurring specially).
I have no difficulty in distinguishing this case from Hague v. Allstate (Minn.1978), filed April 7, 1978, where Minnesota as the forum state had literally no contacts with any of the parties which were related to the accident when it occurred. For the reason set forth in the dissent, in my opinion that decision applied the better rule of law unconstitutionally.
Here, on the other hand, the contacts of the parties with the State of Minnesota are substantial and there is every reason to apply what we all agree is the better Minnesota rule. Not only did the insured have ties with this state as a former resident visiting here, but the other driver was a resident of Minnesota; the accident occurred in Minnesota; and the injured party was treated in Minnesota. None of these contacts was present in the Hague case however.