Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Crum & Forster Ins. Co., 618 F.2d 39 (8th Cir. 1980). · Go Syfert
Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Crum & Forster Ins. Co., 618 F.2d 39 (8th Cir. 1980). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
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FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., Appellant,
v.
CRUM & FORSTER INSURANCE CO., Appellee
79-1744.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Apr 1, 1980.
618 F.2d 39
Bruce E. Sherwood, Wheaton, Minn., for appellant., Stephen W. Plambeck (on brief), Nilles, Hansen, Seibo, Magill & Davies, Fargo, N. D., for appellee.
Bright, Ross, Arnold.
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PER CURIAM.

This appeal involves a dispute between two insurance carriers over which one is liable for damages arising from a hunting accident. The accident occurred when a shotgun being held by James Bergerud, Jr., an insured under a farm liability policy issued by Farm Bureau, discharged and injured another member of a deer hunting party. At the time of the accident, the hunting party was in the box of a pickup truck operated by Gary Jacobson, an insured under an automobile liability policy issued by Crum & Forster. The injured hunter filed suit against both Bergerud and Jacobson. A settlement was negotiated, with Farm Bureau paying its policy limits of $25,000, and Crum & Forster contributing $5,000.

Farm Bureau then filed suit for indemnity against Crum & Forster. The facts were stipulated. The District Court, * applying Minnesota law, concluded that the hunting accident had not arisen out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the motor vehicle insured' by Crum & Forster, and judgment was entered dismissing the complaint. This appeal followed.

[*40] The judgment is affirmed on the basis of Judge Devitt’s well-reasoned opinion. See 8th Cir. Rule 14.

Affirmed.

*

The Honorable Edward J. Devitt, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.