Legal Opinion
Fire Insurance Exchange v. Estate of Therkelsen
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 8, 2001No. 990716PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DURRANT, Justice:
T1 On the evening of November 8, 1997, Otto Therkelsen, Jr., shot Steven A. Ness with a 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun. Immediately afterward, he shot and killed his wife, Linda Therkelsen, and then fatally shot himself. Ness survived. He filed a complaint against Otto Therkelsen's estate, alleging both battery and negligence in the shooting. The estate tendered the defense of the lawsuit .to Fire Insurance Exchange, which had issued a homeowners policy to Therkel-sen. Fire Insurance then filed a complaint against the estate and Ness seeking a declaratory judgment…
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