Legal Opinion

State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Levine

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 22, 1989No. 509PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

Appellee, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, brought an action for declaratory judgment to determine whether it owed a duty to defend or indemnify its insured in a personal injury action. The jury found by a preponderance of the evidence that the insured expected or intended to cause an injury of the same general type that the victim suffered; accordingly, the trial court entered judgment in favor of appellee. Michael and John Bielaus, the victim and his father, appeal the judgment. They assert that the court used an improper standard to decide what constitutes “an injury…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United Services Automobile Ass'n v. ElitzkySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Martin v. SoblotneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Donegal Mutual Insurance v. FerraraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Germantown Insurance v. MartinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. Nationwide Insurance v. ZavalisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  3. Robinson v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Nationwide Insurance v. ZavalisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  5. Nationwide Insurance v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and Aleck ZavalisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997

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