Legal Opinion

State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. DeCoster

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 17, 2013PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

SHOGAN, J.:

In this declaratory judgment action, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (“State Farm”) appeals from the trial court’s April 9, 2012 order denying State Farm’s motion for summary judgment and granting Appellees’, James DeCoster (“DeCoster”) and Beverly Diane Rydman’s (“Rydman”), motions for summary judgment with respect to State Farm’s duty to defend and indemnify DeCoster in a third-party action initiated by Rydman. On appeal, we are asked to decide, inter alia, whether the intentional injury exclusion of a liability policy applies when an intoxicated homeowner…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Noble v. National American Life InsuranceArizona Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Erie Insurance Exchange v. Transamerica InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Pappas v. AsbelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. Transamerica Insurance Group v. MeereArizona Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  4. Steadfast Insurance Co. v. Berkley National Insurance Co.District Court, S.D. West Virginia · 2016
  5. Homesite Ins. Co. v. NearyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2018

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