Allstate Insurance v. Bauer

Douglas Bauer appeals a trial court’s declaratory judgment in favor of Allstate Insurance Company. The trial court found that Bauer’s homeowner’s insurance policy did not obligate Allstate to defend Bauer in a wrongful death action arising out of an incident where Bauer deliberately shot the deceased in self-defense. Bauer claims that the shooting was an accident because he mistakenly believed that the deceased was armed. He also argues that the policy’s intentional acts exclusion is void or, alternatively, that the court should amend it to conform with RCW 9A.16.110, which provides that…