State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Leverton

PRESIDING JUSTICE COOK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, George Leverton, as father and next friend of Tiffany Nichole Leverton and individually, appeal from the circuit court’s declaratory judgment that State Farm had no duty to indemnify its insured, Jeff Presswood, for injuries that he, Leverton, received during a barroom scuffle between the two men. Leverton argues that State Farm’s coverage exclusion for intentional conduct is inapplicable because Presswood’s acts were negligent, rather than intentional. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In June 1994, Presswood was in the Alley Bi…