California Supreme Court To Decide Interplay Between Severability-of-Interests Clause And Intentional Acts Exclusion
California Supreme Court To Decide Interplay Between Severability-of-Interests Clause And Intentional Acts Exclusion
Can an insurance company deny coverage to a homeowner who did nothing intentional because another insured under the policy committed a crime or intentional tort? The California Supreme Court heard argument on this issue last week in Minkler v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America, which involved allegations that a homeowner, Betty Schwartz, negligently failed to stop her adult son, David, who was Minkler's baseball coach and lived with Betty, from sexually molesting Minkler when he was a teenager.
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