Group Insurance v. Czopek

In this action for a declaratory judgment, the Court of Appeals concluded that bodily injuries suffered by police officers Don A. Czopek and Herdis B. Petty in an affray with the insured, Arthur A. Smith, either were not the result of an "occurrence” or were "expected or intended” by Smith, and directed entry of summary disposition for Group Insurance Company of Michigan. I would reverse and remand for trial.

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Smith, who was then eighteen, walked home at 11:30 p.m. from a New Year’s Eve party on December 31, 1983. He was "extremely drunk,” having consumed, in two and one-half hours, eight…