Lawler MacH. & Foundry Co. v. Pacific Indem. Ins. Co.

Pacific Indemnity brought this declaratory judgment action to determine its rights and obligations under a policy issued to Appellant Lawler Machine Foundry Co., Inc. Lawler Machine Foundry Co., Inc., and Delmas Lacy Lawler (a stockholder, director and employee of the family-owned operation) are Defendants in multiple lawsuits which arose as a result of Delmas Lawler's having driven the company's pickup truck into a crowded restaurant. The insurance policy covers only "occurrences" resulting in injury or property damage which is "neither expected or intended," and Pacific Indemnity sought a…