Legal Opinion
Wiley ex rel. Wiley v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 3, 1993No. 92-3137PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity case, we are called upon to predict whether Pennsylvania law would obligate an insurer under its homeowner’s insurance policy to provide coverage for damages incurred by an insured in the sexual molestation of his minor niece. Prior to the commencement of the present action, the insured, Floyd Wiley, Jr. (Floyd), pled guilty in 1988 in a state court of Pennsylvania to one count of indecent assault and one count of corrupting the morals of a minor.
The plaintiffs, Dennis and Elaine Wiley, as parents and next of friend of the minor (the…
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- Wiley v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993