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- Title: Knutson and Wife v. Mueller
- Author : Supreme Court of Wisconsin
- Release Date : January 28, 1975
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Julius T. Mueller, founder, president, chairman of the board, and majority stockholder of the Mueller-Krus Corporation, was
killed on July 22, 1970, when the 1968 Oldsmobile he was driving collided with a car driven by Elmer Knutson. Knutson was
severely injured in the crash and his passenger, Paul J. Rajchel, was killed. Seeking total damages of $850,000, Knutson and
his wife sued Mueller's estate, Mueller's personal liability insurer, Allstate Insurance Company, and his company's liability
insurer, Aetna Insurance Company. Seeking $46,000 total damages, Rajchel's widow sued Mueller's estate, Allstate, and Aetna,
as well as Knutson and Knutson's insurer. 1 The two actions were consolidated for the purpose of trial on the issue of
insurance coverage only. The central question on this appeal, as on the jury trial, is whether at the time of the accident the 1968 Oldsmobile was
owned by the Mueller-Krus Corporation and therefore insured by Aetna ($300,000 liability limit), or owned personally by either
Mueller or his wife Genevieve, and therefore insured by Allstate alone ($30,000 liability limit). This question turns on the
legal effect of a transaction between Mr. and Mrs. Mueller in the week prior to the crash. Based upon this transaction, the
jury found that Mueller-Krus owned the automobile. The trial court entered judgment in accord with the verdict and Aetna appeals.
We affirm.