Goodwin v. Allstate Insurance

Branch, Judge.

Allstate Insurance Company brought suit seeking a declaratory judgment to the effect that it owed no duty to defend or indemnify Louis Malcolm Johnson (now deceased) under Johnson’s homeowner’s policy for the claims asserted against him in the underlying wrongful death suit arising from the fact that Johnson shot and killed his wife. Based on an exclusion in the policy, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Allstate. Because the policy is not ambiguous and the claims against Johnson fall within the exclusion, we affirm.

Summary judgment is proper when there is no…