Legal Opinion
Diocese of Winona v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1996No. 94-3216, 95-1419, 95-1422 and 95-1425PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London and Centennial Insurance Company (Lloyd’s) appeal from the district court’s grant of a declaratory judgment that the Diocese of Winona and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are entitled to insurance coverage for compensatory damages awarded by a state court jury to Thomas Mrozka who had been sexually abused by a priest, Father Tom Adam-son.
The primary basis of the present appeal by Lloyd’s, joined by cross-appellant Interstate Fire and Casualty (Interstate), is that the abuse was “expected” by the insureds, thus, there was no…
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