Legal Opinion

Farmer in the Dell Enterprises, Inc. v. Farmers Mutual Insurance

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided September 22, 1986PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALSH, Justice:

This is a consolidated appeal from a grant of summary judgment by the Superi- or Court which, in effect, determined that coverage was not available under a homeowner’s insurance policy for damage caused by a fire intentionally set by the insureds’ minor child. The appellants are the insureds, their minor son, and the property owner whose restaurant was destroyed in the fire. They contend that the Superior Court erred in construing the policy's exclusionary clause to include damages which were not intended but merely foreseeable. We conclude that the Superi- or Court correctly…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pachucki v. Republic Insurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Eisenman v. HORNBERGERSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  3. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company v. MuthNebraska Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Butler v. BehaegheColorado Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Parkinson v. Farmers InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1979

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Oberly v. KirbySupreme Court of Delaware · 1991
  2. New Castle County v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1988
  3. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. FlaggSuperior Court of Delaware · 2001
  4. Deakyne v. Selective Insurance Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Delaware · 1997
  5. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Edie (In Re Edie)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 2004

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